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Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle on Sunday said that although several fire fighters late last year passed examinations promotion were not automatic. “Exams are not the only criteria. Not because you pass an examination you’re automatically promoted,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. The others, he said, included performance on the job and qualification for the next in rank. Sources said ...

A sandpit labourer was Sunday night arrested and believed to be the prime suspect in the killing of a female taxi driver whose nude body was found next to her car at a loam pit off the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The dead woman has been identified as 31-year old Savitri “Mia” Parma of Lot 4 Soesdyke Public Road. Investigators were able ...

The East Demerara Water Conservancy’s (EDWC), Hope Canal Project will boost food security and foster other developments for Guyana, President Donald Ramotar underscored at the commissioning of the long-awaited Hope Canal Bridge, component two of the Hope Canal Project. He was joined by Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ...

The three-day Rupununi Music and Arts Festival had an auspicious start at the Rock View Lodge in the Annai community of Region Nine on Friday.  It was formally opened by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who commended the organisers for launching an event that brought performers from across the world to Guyana’s interior. He said that tourism has been identified as ...

The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) plenary members on Friday accepted the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) proposal that Guyana and others be reviewed subsequent to the latter’s next plenary decision in May, but the Opposition is now treating lightly the interventions by Government and others in the process, President Ramotar said on Saturday. The President said that he ...

A team from the National Geographic Chanel concluded filming the 30th show of ‘Monster Fish’ in Guyana, a series that documents, aquatic ecologist Zeb Hogan in his quest to save the world’s largest fish. The team arrived in Guyana on January 30, in search of the wolf fish, locally known as the haimara. Their journey began in Massakenari, a Wai ...

The Ministry of Tourism on Thursday launched the seventh edition of Guyana Where and What, a pocket book/ guide that was published and edited by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento, and which contains detailed information about local businesses, tourist attractions, and some bit of the country’s history. This edition is printed in English and translated into Portuguese, contains photographs showcasing various activities in ...

A Guyana Court of Appeal Judge, Rabi Sukul has been asked to resign after he was disbarred by the Bar Council of England and Wales for intentionally misleading a client of his who was convicted of drug-related offences. “The acting Chancellor has requested the immediate resignation of Justice Sukul who has undertaken to do so,” the Office of the Chancellor ...

The Guyana government and the ruling Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) have issued strongly worded statements against Venezuela’s political opposition, accusing them of destabilizing the Nicolas Maduro administration. “The Government of Guyana stands in solidarity with the Government of Venezuela and fully supports its efforts at withstanding acts of destabilisation,” said the Foreign Ministry in a statement issued at the ...

City businessman, Deonarine ‘Ram’ Sanasie was shot and seriously injured while drinking with several persons opposite his business place, Ram’s Auto Spares, at Fourth and Light Streets, Alberttown. Ram was shot to one of his legs and his abdomen, a police source said. The incident occurred about 6:15 PM outside a spare shop named ‘Hose and Bolts’. A man who ...