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A policeman has died after he was shot during efforts to recapture a robbery suspect who had minutes earlier fled custody with the firearm of another rank while at the GPHC for medical treatment. The dead man has been identified as Detective Corporal Seburn Elias. Reports say the unarmed policeman was shot to the abdomen during a scuffle with the ...

The suitability of one of President Donald Ramotar’s sons for the installation and management of Guyana’s long-delayed E-Governance Project is coming under scrutiny by the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). That parliamentary grouping wants government to provide the resume of Alexi Ramotar as it relates to his prior experience with fibre optic cable installations, designing and managing ...

The Public Works Ministry on Monday denied that a weakened section of sea defence at Mosquito Hall/ Lancaster was being neglected, in the wake of concerns by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Government said that as far back as 2011 to 2012, rehabilitation of concrete river defences were executed. “These works addressed problematic sections of sea defences which were ...

Five persons are in police custody in connection with the gunning down of a taxi driver from Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, police said on Monday. An autopsy showed that 30-year Rafael Campbell died from gunshot injuries to the head. His body was found at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on Friday, January 3. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud told Demerara Waves ...

The man, who allegedly gunned down his ex girlfriend on Old Year’s Night 2013, was Monday arraigned on a charge of murder. Jermaine Maynard was remanded to prison until February 10 when the Preliminary Inquiry would begin to determine whether he should face trial by a judge and jury. Maynard was not required to plea to the charge which was ...

Even as officials assess the “significant” damage caused to the Demerara Harbour Bridge when a fuel tanker slammed into it, preparations are underway to close the east-west thoroughfare from Wednesday night to Thursday morning to conduct repairs. General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Rawlston Adams said the bridge would be closed to vehicular traffic from 10 O’clock Wednesday night ...

Former Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government minister, Dr. Henry Jeffrey has welcomed the United States (US)-funded democracy project, saying that it would help Guyanese vote on issues rather than race. “I think when you have a project like that it will emphasise people voting on issues, people not taking race into consideration,” he told Roundtable, a television programme broadcast ...

Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger on Sunday virtually ruled out his opposition alliance tabling a motion in the House to call on government to pay higher wages and salaries and lower the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT). Speaking on the Peoples National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) television programme, Nation Watch, Granger explained that the law ...

Attorney General, Anil Nandlall appeared willing to support a proposal by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for Cabinet to retain the right to object to the award of contracts for goods and services only if the law is breached. “I think so once it reviews the role (of Cabinet). Cabinet doesn’t want to be outside of the procurement process,” he ...

Opposition legislator, Joseph Harmon says that while Muri Brasil Ventures has aborted plans to search for rare earth minerals in the New River Triangle, management of the country’s natural resources is still a hot button issue. Chairman of the parliamentary sectoral committee on natural resources, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, however, believes that the issue itself of granting Permission for Geological and ...