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In the latest of what appears to be a series of violent domestic disputes at Port Kaituma, North West District, a man late Sunday night allegedly burnt down his house after a quarrel with his wife. Initial reports are that the woman, Evelyn “Rasta Evelyn”Williams, claimed that the man, Eustace Simon, set the house ablaze after yet another disagreement.  Neither ...

Despite Guyana being ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to repay more than US$6 million to a Surinamese beverage manufacturer because an import duty is discriminatory, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Sunday vowed not to approve an amendment unless the private sector was consulted and a proper  environmental tax was tabled. “Caricom (Caribbean Community) ...

The Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) call for Georgetown’s councillors to be booted out and replaced with an Interim Management Committee (IMC) appear to be hot air because there is a pending court case against the establishment of an un-elected body to run the city’s affairs. Opposition politicians in and out of City Hall on Sunday also said even if the ...

In the wake of several weeks of uproar and legal wrangling between the Town Clerk, Carol Sooba and most of the Councillors of Georgetown, the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday called for the Council to be removed and replaced with an Interim Management Committee (IMC). “The PPP demands the removal of Hamilton Green and the entire City Council ...

The University of Guyana (UG) will shortly begin consultations about plans to increase tuition fees t cater for the depreciation of the local dollar during the past 19 years. Outgoing UG Pro Chancellor Dr. Prem Misir preferred to say that the tuition fees would most likely be “adjusted” rather than increased depending on the outcome of the consultations. “What we ...

Two policemen were Thursday charged with facilitating the escape of a murder suspect from lawful custody and they were granted bail. The charges were arraigned before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the La Grange Magistrates Court, West Bank Demerara. Constable 20836 Garfield Brown and Constable Smith were granted GIUY$75,000 bail each. The facts are that they allegedly allowed murder suspect, Troy ...

A man was shot dead less than 10 minutes after he grabbed a bag of money belonging to Black and Decker Hardware Store, Main Street, Georgetown. The bandit has been identified as Lloyd Hazel. Police said a firearm was recovered from the bandit. Well-placed sources said Hazel and an accomplice snatched the bag from a taxi that was taking an ...

The Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) is preparing the groundwork should its leader, Retired Brigadier David Granger be subpoenaed to appear before the Commission of Inquiry into the bomb-blast death of Guyanese political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney. Attorney-at-Law, Basil Williams told Demerara Waves Online News that the PNCR was ready for the appearance of Granger, a former Commander of the ...

A Guyanese woman who allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine to Spain through the post office was Friday arraigned on a cocaine trafficking charge and remanded to prison. She is 49-year old Sandra Daniels of 2 Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Appearing before City Magistrate Judy Latchman on May 8, she pleaded not guilty to having been in possession of 274 ...

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has already surpassed its first crop target but the President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand says there is nothing to shout about because it was a low target. “First of all you have to recognise that the target was low…The fact that you have a low target and you ...