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The construction of a more than GY$362.4 million solar farm in Mahdia would see more than 2,884 residents getting reliable and efficient electricity supply and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from diesel-powered generators. Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Dr Mahender Sharma told Demerara Waves Online News that 686kWp Turn-key solar farm would save ...

Guyana has requested Facebook and Twitter to remove maps that depict the mineral and forest-rich Essequibo Region as part of Venezuela, and already one of the Social Media companies has asked for a meeting with Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud to discuss the concerns. Mr Persaud, in his letters of protest to Facebook and Twitter last week, cautioned that the propagation ...

Police said a former employee of Kaieteur News newspaper, who was arrested in connection with a more than GY$6 million armed robbery at his former workplace, gave his child-mother part of the loot and told her that it was a Superbet winning. Investigators said they were able to corroborate the story with the woman, Lorilee Garraway, who subsequently handed over ...

John Fernandes Limited (JFL) on Tuesday refused a GY$20 million refund of payment for 143.10 acres of privately-owned lands in Beterverwagting (BV) that the Neighbourhood Council said in the first place it had no right to sell, the Chairman of the BV-Triumph Council said. He told Demerara Waves Online News that Tuesday was the first time ever that JFL admitted ...

The Demerara Harbour Bridge at 9:02 PM reopened to light vehicular traffic, following severe damage early Saturday morning, according to information circulating in its internal network. “Good night the bridge is opened back to traffic,” an official told his colleagues at 9:02 PM. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill, speaking from the Bridge, confirmed that cars, minibuses vans, motorcycles and cycles ...

The Ministry of Health, with assistance from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), on Monday began training dozens of environmental health officials from across Guyana on stepping up surveillance of food-borne illnesses that are caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and eventually contaminants. Addressing the opening of the seminar at the Marriott Hotel, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said CARPHA facilitators ...

Minister of Public Affairs Kwame Mc Coy on Monday heaped scorn on the Leader of the People’s National Congress Aubrey Norton’s criticism of government’s apparent endorsement of music that promote “lawlessness”, suggesting that he was engaged in double-standards. “How does he justify the use of the very concerts during the time of APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change) ...

A woman on Monday stabbed to death her abusive common-law husband after he slashed her with a knife  while she began packing up her belongings to move out, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 40-year old Michael Wilson of Lot 109 Sideline Dam, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara where the incident occurred at about 8:15 AM. Police said the 30-year ...

Three bandits early Monday morning invaded Kaieteur News offices and robbed three workers though the precise target appeared to have been the Accounts Department from where money was carted off, police said. The Guyana Police Force would only say that an undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from a safe in the Accounts Department. “One of the suspects remained with ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton has accused the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration of promoting immoral music among youths, leading to a breakdown in values. “As they try to focus you on dancing, sporting, even dancing with people who have no rhythm you must recognise that they do not set out to ensure ...