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Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has defended the appointment of President Donald Ramotar’s son- Alexei Ramotar as head of the E-Governance project, saying that he is “one of the most qualified” persons. “Today he remains one of Guyana’s most qualified in his field, with a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, over a decade of work experience ...

Five persons were early Sunday night displaced after fire destroyed the shack they were living in at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle said initial reports are that a woman failed in her effort to throw a flaring kerosene stove out of the dwelling. He said the stove remained inside the shack at Phase Two, Zeelugt Housing Scheme ...

Guyana’s two top political leaders are opposed to an application process to fill the post of Police Commissioner when it becomes vacant, but Opposition Leader David Granger says Leroy Brumell must go when he reaches retirement age. Brumell attains the age of 55 next month, but so far there is no word whether he would be retained on contract or ...

Starved of a government subvention for several years now, Critchlow Labour College (CLC) has revived its flagship course and expects that all its programmes will earn it enough cash to be sustainable. CLC Registrar, Aubrey Norton said last Friday’s orientation of 94 students for the one year Industrial and Social Studies (ISS) course – an entry qualification to the University ...

A Mines Officer is among eight persons rendered homeless early Sunday morning when fire destroyed a house at Charlestown, Georgetown. Gavin Stuart, who owned the house at Lot 8 Charles Street, said he was in the upper flat of the two storey building about 2:30 AM when he heard someone in the lower flat raised an alarm. No one was ...

Sand miners were Saturday given a two-month ultimatum to put their houses in order or tough action would be taken to enforce the laws and regulations. “We will give you a two-month period because we recognise that for years upon years there was not sufficient attention paid to this area because we want to work with you,” Minister of Natural ...

“Sex workers rights are human rights”, “Sex work is work,”, “LGBT rights are human rights”,  “Anti-man rights are human rights” and “We want to justice,” were among the chants by members of the transgender and sex worker community who marched through sections of Georgetown to demand justice for the number of gays who were killed last year. The march was ...

Guyana’s government and opposition are at one on the territorial sovereignty of the New River area but Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud says it will lift its “no-mining” policy for that area only after the mineral-make up is known. Persaud’s comments came almost two weeks after a Guyana-registered company, Muri Brasil, scrapped plans to carry out ...

A woman five months pregnant was seriously injured when a Cessna 206 aircraft crashed on take-off Saturday morning at the Ogle International Airport. She has been identified as Tamika Munroe, 23, of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. She was a passenger on the aircraft. The other passengers were Z. Ally (female) and R. Perreira (male). Demerara Waves Online News was told ...

A mining pit collapsed Friday at Saint Elizabeth in Region Eight, critically injuring one miner.   James Henry,43, was late Friday night air-dashed to the city for emergency medical attention. He sustained injuries to his spine and lower back, according to well-placed sources.  Unconfirmed reports are that the man had been covered in the pit for at least 15 minutes.