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Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that Guyana has embarked on a plan to make HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) treatment widely available at all health facilities in order to weed out fears of stigma and discrimination by infected persons going to special treatment centres. “One of the things that we’re doing right now to address this problem is ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said it had no problem with the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, despite calls in other quarters for an independent probe. “SOCU was designed, in 0ur view, to be that source to do police investigation and other investigation as it was ...

The Queen’s College of Guyana Alumni Association (NY), Inc. (QCAANY) is hosting its 7th Queen’s College Summer Math Institute (QCSMI) from July 22nd, 2024 to July 31st, 2024, at the Queen’s College Campus in Georgetown, Guyana. The QCSMI will run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with daily lunch and snacks, T-shirts and other giveaways provided at ...

A taxi driver of Onderneeming/Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast is on court bail after he pleaded not guilty to assaulting a peace officer and several other related offences, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said on Monday. Jitendra Baljodah, 35, was slapped with the four charges for the offences he allegedly committed on two policemen on June 26, 2024. Suddie Magistrate, Tamieka ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday registered its concern that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, and recommended that other agencies be involved in an independent probe. GCCI President, Kester Hutson told Demerara Waves Online News that in addition to the Police Service Commission, government and civil society ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) have dismissed the likelihood that they could split the Afro-Guyanese voting block which would result in the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) retaining power at next year’s general and regional elections. “I’m not worried at splitting of votes. Once all the votes add up to more than the ...

A 49-year-old man was early Sunday morning shot dead outside Boat House Bar following an argument with another man inside the entertainment facility at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara. The victim has been identified as Sherwin Hamilton, a self-employed man who resided at Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara. Investigators were told that at about 3 a.m., the man was ...

After successfully forcing three bandits out of his house early Sunday morning, a West Bank Demerara construction worker was shot dead as he confronted the trio with a cutlass in his yard at 2806 Westminster Housing Scheme. The incident involving the victim, 69-year-old Jairam Ramkishun, occurred at about 1:30 a.m., the Guyana Police Force said. According to the police based ...

Well-known political activist and associate of the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ramon ‘Rambo’ Gaskin died on Saturday after a prolonged illness, well-placed sources said. He succumbed at the privately-owned Woodlands Hospital at 82 years old. Gaskin first rose to national prominence shortly after the PPP won the 1992 general and regional elections and he was appointed the Chairman of ...

Four West Demerara residents have been charged with money laundering allegedly linked to the discovery of a quantity silver-plated raw gold while they were preparing to leave on a flight bound for the United States (US), the Guyana Police Force said. They are Saffee “Chillo” Ahmad, 58; Shameena Ahamad, 52, and Ashiana Salamalay, 33, of 38 Roraima Scheme, Versailles, West ...