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Ten fishermen attacked and by pirates and left adrift of the Essequibo Coast in the Pomeroon area were rescued by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard on Sunday, authorities said. The GDF and police are said  to be conducting a probe into the two incidents but so far the Guyana Police Force has not issued any statement about the ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Monday said it has taken steps to block persons from dumping and burning rubbish on an access road to the new Sophia Substation, saying that such activity could disrupt power supply. “As part of the measures taken to deter the public from further engaging in the illegal dumping and burning of garbage ...

Drying up of American cash from the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has resulted in the closure of a care and treatment facility for Persons Living With AIDS (PLWAs), Demerara Waves was told that the Roman Catholic-run St. Vincent De Paul Centre on Princess Street, Werk-en-Rust closed its doors on August 31, six months after management was told ...

The son of a pastor was early Monday morning killed in collision between two cars in Georgetown. The dead man has been identified as 34-year old Joel Baynes of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. He was the son of Reverend Franklyn Baynes of the Mount Olivet Wesleyan Church, Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The husband and father of two children was ...

(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY).-Live wild animals, including agoutis and wildhogs, will be imported from Guyana to stock a model wildfarm at Brigand Hill, Manzanilla. Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Ganga Singh Sunday paid a visit to the facility which belongs to the Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT). The wildfarm will be a joint exercise with the Ministry of ...

Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed a store at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, officials confirmed. The blaze destroyed Double R General Store. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known because fire fighters were still engaged mopping up operations, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com). He said there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. Fire ...

Almost three years after the National Assembly removed the mandatory death sentence for murders, Guyana’s Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell on Sunday called for convicted murderers to be hanged. “I am of the view, like you, that we should start hanging. Every week you hang two but as I am saying we don’t have the power,” he said. He, however, said ...

Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell on Sunday appealed to investigators and civilians to give evidence in court to ensure the conviction of several persons charged in connection with a robbery-murder. “I want it to be known that this is not the end of it. We have done our part. It is now at the judicial stage and we expect that you ...

Community grounds across Guyana are being rehabilitated by government through a GUY$300 million dollar grant, and already one community centre hopes to tackle deviance among youths. Sport Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony says 26 community grounds in Region Four and 20 in Berbice have already received grants. He said none of the 155 grounds would be left out of the project. ...

(JAMAICA GLEANER).-Children may be in for a surprise when they visit the Hope Zoo this weekend, as 10 squirrel monkeys arrived on the island from Guyana on Thursday. Kenneth Benjamin, executive chairman of the Guardsman Group, announced this at the Rotary Club of Kingston’s weekly luncheon which was staged at the Treehouse at Hope Zoo in St Andrew. Benjamin, who ...