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Veteran lawyer and horse racing pioneer, Senior Counsel Marcel Crawford, died on Wednesday-Christmas Day- as a result of a heart attack, plunging the legal fraternity and enthusiasts of that equestrian sport into mourning. He was 76. Crawford died at the Anamayah Hospital, Corentyne late Wednesday afternoon, hours after he had been rushed there. Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority, Justice ...

Guyana’s scout movement is expected to embark on a major recruitment drive after two officials return from an international leadership programme in the United States, an official said. Assistant Cub Scout Leader Queens College Scout Group, Joshua Ramcharitar and Assistant District Commissioner Guyana Police Force Scout Group, Theon Hope left Guyana for Houston, Texas for the programme. They are participating ...

A former teacher was stabbed to death late Christmas night at a disco in Kwakwani. He has been identified as Marlon Sam,23, of Kwakwani Park, Berbice River. Sam was found lying in a pool of blood with several stab wounds about his body about 11 PM at One Foot Disco. Police at 11 AM Boxing Day saidy Sam became involved ...

Even as the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) on Wednesday- Christmas Day- welcomed its first cruise ship for the year, a company official said it is no longer feasible to build a custom-made reception area for cruise visitors. “We have put it on the backburner for the time being,” GNSC’s Managing Director, Anthony Astwood told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com ...

A major fire was averted at Giftland OfficeMax Christmas Eve night when an air condition unit malfunctioned. Chief Executive Officer, Roy Beepat told Demerara Waves Online News that the fire occurred on the outside of the building at Water and Holmes Streets about 10:45 PM. “It appears as though two wires were bridged,” he said. None of the stocks was ...

The governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Tuesday accused the United States (US) of attempting to destabilize the government by financing activities of the political opposition through a US$1.250 million project that government has disapproved. “There is deep suspicion in political circles that this particular project was conceived to bolster the political fortunes of the opposition political parties in Guyana.  ...

Guyana on Tuesday accused United States of flouting an agreement with the Agency for International Development (USAID) by deciding to go ahead with a democracy and governance project that Georgetown discarded over concerns about a lack of consultation. The President Donald Ramotar administration has also vehemently rejected claims by US Ambassador, Brent Hardt that the Guyana government had been consulted ...

The Chief Librarian of the Guyana National Library, Gillian Thompson on Tuesday- Christmas Eve- died in a vehicular accident on Church Street and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, eyewitnesses said. The accident apparently occurred while police was chasing a white car that slammed into the National Library bus before ending up in the Church Street Canal. The bus slammed into the western ...

TORONTO, Dec. 23, 2013 /CNW/ – CGX Energy Inc. (TSX:V – OYL) (“CGX Energy” or the “Company”) announced today that it will commence arbitration proceedings against Repsol Exploracion, S.A. (“Repsol”) in connection with the expiry of the petroleum prospecting license covering the Georgetown Block (the “Georgetown PPL”). The Company is of the view that the terms of the joint operating ...

A man slit the throat of his common-law wife early Tuesday morning and later hanged himself from a tree- a murder suicide that rocked the usually sleepy agriculture-dependent island of Leguan. The dead woman has been identified as 24-year old Sunita “Dolly” Lall. Police late Tuesday said the body of Yugindra Jagdai, 30 years, of Endeavour, Leguan, Essequibo, who was ...