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The state-run Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) has recorded its first fatal accident for this year with the electrocution of an electrician at the Skeldon Sugar Factory, a senior official said Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 23-year old Ulric Leonard Johnson. GuySuco’s Director of Industrial Relations, Jairam Pitam told Demerara Waves Online News said the incident occurred while the ...

A man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of the body of a gold miner with a piece of rope around the neck, police said. The dead man has been identified as 31-years old Rupert Gray. Investigators said his body was found Saturday, January 25, 2013 about 7 AM in a camp at 23 Miles, Issano Backdam, Mazaruni. ...

The appointment of a new Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been stalled over the failure by commissioners to agree to a formula for determining who should be short-listed for interviews. It is now almost three months since 14 persons – including three Guyanese- applied for the job. The locals include acting Chief Elections Officer, Calvin ...

Dissatisfied with the Guyana Police Force’s public response to allegations that police brutally assaulted and sodomized a detainee with a baton, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) have issued separate calls for an independent probe. “Given the seriousness of the alleged offences, and the widely reported coverage which has been given to them, the ...

Fashion designer Trevor Rose was shot dead Sunday morning. Information reaching Demerara Waves Online News from a reliable source said Rose was shot in Eccles, East Bank Demerara sometime before dawn. Two other persons were injured in the shooting.  Police later said that they recovered one 9mm. pistol and 19 matching rounds at the scene as the investigations continue. According ...

A security guard at the Lucky Dollar Store at Rose Hall, Corentyne was killed and several items stolen from the entity. “The building was broken into and several articles suspected to have been taken away which are yet to be ascertained,” police said in a statement. Demerara Waves was told that the stolen items included two Tablets and GUY$290,000 cash. ...

The man, who allegedly shot dead a policeman Friday night, had one day earlier allegedly stolen a gun from a security guard in Sophia, police said. The policeman who was shot dead at Guyhoc Park about 11:30 PM has been identified as Constable 14127 Quincy Wright of Zeskendren, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. He was allegedly involved in argument with a ...

President Donald Ramotar was Saturday greeted by hundreds of protesters during his visit to Linden to open an office of the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP). Numerous policemen lined the area leading to the party’s office while protesters stood nearby with placards. The PPP’s office there was severely damaged by arsonists during unrest in 2012 that had been sparked off ...

A supervisor of a fast-food business enterprise on Water Street was Saturday morning shot and seriously injured during an attempted robbery. Sources said 28-year old Jason Fraser was shot to his lower abdomen by the gunman who entered Shaker’s just next door to Giftland OfficeMax. he shooting occurred about10.30 AM. An official of the enterprise stressed that the bandit did ...

Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips, Friday afternoon awarded on-the-spot promotions and special incentives to eight Other Ranks of the highly professional Three One Special Forces Squadron (31 SF Sqn), and another, from the Force’s G2 Branch. The ranks gained their promotions for exemplary performance and service with excellence, the Guyana Defence Force said in a statement. The eight 31 ...