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HAMBURG, Germany – The German company, RWE Dea, has a deal with Repsol Exploración Guyana to farm-in to the Kanuku license operated by Repsol in the Guyana-Suriname basin offshore Guyana. By entering the South American country, RWE Dea further expands its upstream position along the northeastern coast of South America. Under the farm-in agreement, RWE Dea will acquire a 30% ...

President Donald Ramotar on Monday expressed concern about the shortage of drugs and dumping of large quantities of expired drugs by public health care institutions. Addressing the Ministry of Health’s launch of “Health Vision 2020- A National Health Strategy for Guyana 2013-2020”, the Guyanese leader said “that is totally unacceptable.” “What is taking place these are things that we have ...

Guyana is looking to achieve universal secondary education by 2016 says Minister Priya Manickchand. She was briefing the media about the ministry’s 2014 plans on Monday at the Cara Lodge. “We intend to achieve universal secondary education before the first term of the Donald Ramotar administration ends. That means that students across the country that are of a secondary age ...

One building formerly housing Sherry’s Taxi Service on Waterloo Street, Georgetown was early Monday morning destroyed by fire suspected to be the work of arsonists. No one lived in the rickety wooden building that was due to be demolished by its new owner very shortly. A two-flat building immediately south of the burnt building, which houses the medical practice of ...

A Sophia resident was shot to his abdomen during a robbery just outside his home. Police said 43-year old Paul Hutson was attacked about 9:15 Saturday night by one bandit. “The armed man took away his jewellery and cell phones during which Paul Hutson was shot to his abdomen,” police said. He has been admitted to a private hospital for ...

A man was found hanging in a police station cell in the North West District four hours after he was arrested for the alleged unlawful wounding of his girlfriend, police said Sunday. He has been identified as 31-year old Vivian La Cruz of Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara. La Cruz., a detainee at the Acquero Police Station, was found about 9:30 ...

The decomposed bodies of two persons, believed to be Brazilians, have be found at Sandhills, Cuyuni. Police have been dispatched to the location where the bodies of the man and woman have been tied up, Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said in a statement. No other information is available at this time, police said. There is a large number ...

Weather forecasters on Sunday warned of possible flooding in several areas due to frequent showers over the next 24 hours along the coast. “We are cautioning residence especially in low lying regions to take precautionary measures against flooding,” said the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry, which has responsibility for the Hydro-Meteorological Department including the Timehri Doppler Weather Station, said the ...

Two men were killed in a tragic accident on the West Bank Demerara when the wagon they were travelling in slammed into a parked low bed trailer. One of the occupants neck was severed in the smash-up at Canal Number Two Polder. Preliminarily, Demerara Waves Online News was told that the men were imbibing earlier in the evening. The accident ...

A police constable was Saturday placed under close arrest after he accidentally shot a fellow policeman at the Fort Wellington Police Station. Detective Constable 19182 Andel Doris, who was also on duty at the Station, to his legs. He has been admitted to the Fort Wellington Hospital for medical treatment. “The other rank has been placed under close arrest as ...