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Fly Jamaica says it will begin Guyana-North America flights later this month but will have to transit Jamaica from Georgetown to New York because the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is yet to approve an exemption application. Chief Executive Officer, Ronald Reece said there would be direct return flights on the Guyana-Toronto route.  While Fly Jamaica would go direct ...

A man, who says he is a gold miner, is Thursday expected to be arraigned for the illegal possession of a telescopic rifle, handgun and ammunition. He was among seven persons who were arrested earlier this week in a F-150 pickup where one .44 Harrington and Richardson telescopic rifle with 38 rounds and one .32 Taurus pistol with seven rounds ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday confirmed that one of its New York-based members has resigned from the party after failing to get the leadership to address several key concerns and effectively reprimand errant members. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan denied that no action was taken in defence of Dr. Shamir Ally of the New York/New Jersey AFC Chapter. “We ...

A man on Wednesday committed suicide in a city hotel, moments after he attempted to strangle his female companion. The body of 33-year old Egerton Grant was discovered in Room 12 on the third flat of The Shack, Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust. He is from Linden. Police and hotel staff discovered the body of the still clothed man on the bed. ...

A rice farmer on the Corentyne was shot and killed during a robbery attempt at his home. He has been identified as 74-year old Lallpersaud Jagadeo. Police said four men armed with guns invaded his home around 8:15 Tuesday night. “Investigations revealed that the perpetrators entered the premises and held up Jagadeo’s wife and four other women who were outside. ...

In the wake of Tuesday night’s gunning down of a West Coast Demerara businessman in his shop by bandits, there are fresh calls for authorities to do more to combat violent crime. The dead man has been identified as 27-year old Zulfikar “Vicky Golzar Namdar who was shot during an invasion of his shop at 76 Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara ...

Three suspected bandits Tuesday night appeared to have escaped a dragnet at Montrose after robbing a taxi service owner on the East Coast Demerara where they were initially holed up in a house, according to sources.; Police said that about 8:15 Tuesday night, the three men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, barged into Shamo’s Taxi Service at ...

The University of Guyana’s (UG) just completed special audit that has uncovered several weaknesses in accountability will strengthen the institution’s case to ask government to increase tuition fees, according to a top official. Vice Chancellor, Professor Jacob Opadeyi, however, said the decision to hike most tuition fees from GUY$127,000 per academic year to GUY$345,000 rests with the government. “Increasing fees ...

Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs says he wants out of the “confusion” that is the 10th Parliament. In a telephone interview with Demerara Waves Online News on Tuesday Isaacs revealed that he had earlier approached President Donald Ramotar about resigning from the post he held since 2002. “He refused to allow me to demit office.” Isaacs explained that ...

The APNU is calling on the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs to send the four local government bills passed last month to the president for his assent even though the bills are currently with the Attorney General. AG Anil Nandlall, meanwhile, says he is awaiting instructions from the Office of the President. The APNU in a release on ...