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In the wake of alleged police brutality meted out to an American ex-servicewoman at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), there are conflicting accounts about whether the woman was booked to travel on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Miami last Saturday. Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News on Monday that an internal investigation has so far revealed ...

The one-time lone handwriting expert in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) died on Sunday after he was stung by Africanised bees while weeding his backyard , a source said. He has been identified as Retired Sergeant Ivor Thomas of Fellowship, West Coast Demerara. Thomas was rendered unconscious and was rushed to the Leonora Diagnostic Centre where he succumbed. He was ...

Two soldiers were Sunday afternoon shot and injured accidentally at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Tacama Training School, Berbice, the army confirmed. The injured are Lt Othneil Hope and Recruit Vernon Harding. Both ranks are currently at the GPHC receiving treatment for their injuries. The GDF said that approximately 4:30 PM, two ranks stationed at the Colonel John Clarke Military ...

A former member of the United States (US) military was allegedly badly beaten by police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after she behaved violently and posed a flight risk, a usually reliable airport source said Sunday. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at the check-in area e where she had been preparing to leave Guyana on the 5:30 ...

Many wells in the Rupununi have dried up and several villages in the north are running very low on food due to the prolonged dry spell caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, residents said on Sunday. The Amerindian Affairs Ministry and other government agencies are said to be watching the situation very closely and are prepared to shuttle emergency ...

An East Bank Demerara bus conductress was Sunday morning found dead in a drain a short distance from her home at Craig Village. She has been identified as Macie Cummings and was said to be in her 40s. She lived at Third Street, Craig Village but her body was found at Cross Street, one corner away. An eyewitness at the ...

CAMBRIDGE (THE BOSTON GLOBE) — Whenever anyone asks Priscilla Gonsalves whether it is worth it — and they always ask when they learn she is a child protection worker in some of the grittiest communities in the South American nation of Guyana — she begins her reply with: “There is this 14-year-old girl . . . ” In her job, Gonsalves said, she ...

The body of an elderly man was early Saturday morning removed from a drain on Mandela Avenue in the vicinity of Meadow Brook Drive. He has been identified as Victor Forde. He is the brother of former Peoples National Congress Reform (PNC) stalwart, Trevlyn Moore. The man, said to have been an alcoholic, returned some time ago from the United ...

United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt on Friday suggested that talks with the Guyana government were progressing steadily to resolve differences over the US$1.2 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project. Speaking with reporters after formally opening a two-day media workshop for University of Guyana students and recent entrants to the field of journalism from a cross-section of media houses, the American ...

Guyana can expect a prolonged dry spell and already the water-levels in conservancies are dropping, prompting authorities to begin planning for a possible drought later in the year, authorities said Wednesday. “The Ministry of Agriculture has established a Special El Nino Working group to monitor and plan actions to reduce any adverse impact of a possible El Nino on agriculture ...