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The woman, who allegedly fled with a nine-day old baby boy from his mother, was Monday charged with child stealing. Baitoon “Debbie” Hoosain of Chesney Village Front, Corentyne pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrates Court. The 47-year old woman was remanded to prison until June 14 for ...

A security guard was shot and injured Sunday night by two men who robbed him of his cellular phone valued GUY$3,000, relatives said. Relatives said 24-year old Terrence Phillips of Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, and Sophia sustained gunshot injuries to his abdomen. He is an employee of Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI), Meadow Bank, East Bank Demerara. His relatives, who ...

A contractor and his wife, who were riding home after visiting her overseas-based grandmother, encountered a close shave with death when a car slammed into the couple on the Atlantic Ville Public Road and sped away from the scene early Sunday night. Those injured are 29-year old Sharmila Baksh and 52-year old Nizam Ishak of Section K Campelville. “We were ...

The Guyana government on Sunday expressed deep concern at the decision by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to relocate the 3rd Test Match with New Zealand and denied the governing body’s assertion that the recently passed Cricket Administration Bill would result in governmental interference in the management of the game. The government also accused the WICB of seeking to ...

The woman, who abducted the baby boy from his mother eight days ago, had allegedly faked a pregnancy and turned up to her common-law husband with the newborn, Demerara Waves has learnt. The less than one month old child was rescued Sunday about 9 AM by police who swooped down on a house at Chesney Village Front, Corentyne. Investigators have ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Sunday castigated government for Guyana being blacklisted by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The Antigua-based WICB has announced that the New Zealand Test match would be moved from Guyana because the recently passed Cricket Administration Bill essentially allows for governmental interference in the running of the game. While the AFC had noted voted ...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Saturday announced that it has pulled the New Zealand test match from Guyana after the board and the Donald Ramotar administration failed to reach agreement on the independent governance of cricket in the country. “As a consequence the WICB is left with no option but to relocate the Third Test ...

Weather forecasters Saturday night warned that there could be flooding in some coastal areas due to heavy rainfall coupled with the Spring Tide. “Flash Flood warning is in effect for flood prone areas within Regions 1 to 4,” according to a weather bulletin issued through the Ministry of Agriculture. Forecasters said a lot of the rain is expected to in ...

Electricity theft by GPL consumers issued pre-paid meters has reached levels that are causing the company’s management to worry. This was disclosed by CEO Bharat Dindyal at a public forum on Friday. The prepaid meter system was introduced in 2009 as part of the company’s loss reduction efforts and to improve customer consumption. “We’re seeing about nine percent of the ...

A Tug Operator was killed after the tug he was on capsized in the Demerara River late Saturday morning a short distance from the Harbour Bridge. Traffifc across the east-west thooughfare was halted for one hour around 2 PM to facilitate the salvaging of the two-engine vessel that is owned by the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation. The corporation said 57-year-old and ...