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Another of the four prisoners, who escaped while at te Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was Monday evening shot dead, Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said. He said 28-year old Vickram “Lil John” Persaud was shot and killed at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice. James said a .38 revolver was found in his possession.  Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) sources said ...

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Monday said the opposition’s proposed amendments to the 2009 Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism Act have been rejected by the regional financial crimes watchdog based in Trinidad. He was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) had requested a copy of the ...

The collapse of a log bridge between Mabura and Kurupukari has forced several trucks to line up for almost two days now, even as repair work continues feverishly to allow traffic to again flow freely, a source said Monday evening. Among the vehicles in the line is a tanker carrying fuel for the Lethem Power Company (LPC).  A power company ...

The slump in gold prices in recent months is taking its toll on a number of companies including Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP), the local agent for Caterpillar, but that company hopes that a new line of excavators suitable for conditions here will help it bounce back. MACORP’s Marketing Manager, Lyndon Bentinck conceded that with the decline of gold from ...

One of four prisoners, who escaped while at te Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was Monday afternoon recapatured. Police are on the manhunt for the other three, according to top police sources. Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said the men escaped after removing the grill work from a ventilation at the court’s holding cell. Another police source identified the recaptured prisoner ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Monday announced that several areas would be without electricity until later in the day because of two of its generators have developed “mechanical difficulties” at the same time that another unit at Kingston is being overhauled. The power company hopes to restore normal power supply by 1 PM today. GPL explained that ...

Leader of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Monday denied that he and a select group of persons have facilitated the proposed sale of a portion of the party’s land aback its headquarters at Sophia. “I was not involved in any negotiations. All matters of this nature are authorised and discussed by Central Exec. It was never ...

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 ...