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A three-member commission was Monday sworn in to probe the bomb-blast death of Guyanese politician, Dr. Walter Rodney at the height of a civil rebellion against the then administration of late President Forbes Burnham. Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham, however, said he was unsure when sittings would begin because it all depended on the accumulation ...

General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee on Tuesday shrugged off questions about Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh’s involvement in an accident on Mash Day. Asked his views about Singh allegedly leaving the scene without rendering assistance to the taxi driver and his passenger, Rohee would only say that it was “strictly speaking” in the hands of ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-Guyana’s Karen De Souza of the women and children’s  rights organisation-Red Thread- is among three persons who are 2014 laureates of the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence. De Souza was awarded for Public and Civic Contributions. The others are Professor Liam Teague of Trinidad in the category of f Arts and Letters and Dr. Richard Robertson of ...

The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Monday said that almost one month after a policeman slammed into the thoroughfare and tossed the Bridge Manager, Rawlston Adams’ cellular phone into the river “The Police are currently conducting an internal investigation into the matter,” the Harbour Bridge said in a statement. The Bridge company said policeman David Lindo crashed his vehicle into ...

A Guyanese non-governmental organisation plans to press government to pass a law on how to handle reports of missing persons, according to Imarah Radix, Programme Coordinator of Stella’s Sisterhood of Support and Service (S4) Foundation. Radix says the Missing Persons Act has been already drafted and her organisation would soon initiate talks with government about getting the law tabled in ...

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh could be asked to return to the scene of the accident where he crashed into a taxi late Sunday night, police said. The officer ruled out a breathalyser test to determine if Singh had been driving under the influence of alcohol, saying that almost 24 hours would have passed. A cooler was seen inside the ...

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh crashed his vehicle into a car on Garnett Street and Delph Avenue, Campbelville resulting in the taxi driver and his lone passenger being slightly hurt. The taxi driver and the passenger accused the Minister of  leaving the scene and failing to provide assistance. Brian Young, a close associate of the government, arrived about 45 minutes ...

Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo and his long-time friend, Dr. Ranjisinghi Ramroop left for Florida Friday night aboard a chartered flight. The Lear Jet, bearing registration number N425SA, winged out with the two gentlemen aboard about 10:30 PM. One usually reliable source told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) that Jagdeo and his doctors were not taking any chances because the former ...

A vehicular collision near the St. George’s Cathedral has left three persons, including a one year old child, injured. They were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for emergency treatment. A usually reliable Citizen Reporter who witnessed the incident said a grey Raum, PMM 3827, flipped in the air on colliding with a silver Allion, PRR 4287. The seriously ...

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Lead Representative on the parliamentary select committee on amendments to the anti-money laundering bill, Carl Greenidge says his coalition’s proposed amendments stress the need for proper governance of the system. APNU’s proposed amendments to the 2009 Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act seek to establish an Anti Money Laundering Authority ...