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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Sunday said the body of  Coast Guard Ordinary Rating Junior Kenroy Small ended with the spotting of a body at the mouth of the Essequibo River almost three days after he went overboard in a mishap involving in an unregistered private boat. “The police were notified and the body has since been positively identified,” ...

Mr. Aubrey Norton delivered a crushing defeat to Joseph Harmon and Dr Richard Vanwest Charles for the post of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, highly-placed sources said Sunday. No actual figures were immediately available  from Saturday’s elections that marked the culmination of weeks of intense campaigning. But sources said Mr. Norton raked in three-digit votes at most polling ...

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents seized GYD$113 million worth of cocaine and arrested a man of Tuschen , East bank Essequibo, in one of that unit’s largest cocaine bust in recent times. Ryan Da Silva of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo was arrested in connection with the 15 brick-like objects that CANU said  weighed 17.4  kilogrammes or 38.3 pounds and ...

Counting of votes cast in Saturday’s elections for the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and other positions has been finished but a preliminary declaration would be made early Sunday, the party’s Chief Election Officer Vincent Alexander said on Sunday. “We are at the point where we have the results of various counts as opposed to results of ...

Outgoing leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Saturday slammed those who have been fomenting division in the party, even as he issued a stirring appeal for party unity and discipline. “Congress should teach the lessons of the Party’s past rifts and the excruciating experiences of its leaders. Congress’s task, in this decade, is to sustain ...

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Commander for Fort Island, Staff Sergeant Everette Tudor and three other persons were intoxicated in a privately-owned “unregistered” boat that capsized in the Essequibo River, leaving a Coast Guardsman missing, police said on Saturday. “The captain was further questioned and it was learnt that the five passengers were traveling from Fort Island when they hit ...

Aspiring leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Joseph Harmon on Friday night indicated that he did not altogether support street protests in confronting the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration, but preferred to negotiate with opponents. “This is the monster that we have to confront and you have to be able to confront that with not just walking ...

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman was Friday feared drowned in the Essequibo River, sources said. He has been identified as Junior Sooklall of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice. A high-ranking GDF officer told Demerara Waves Online News that up to late Friday night the man was not found. Another source said the Coast Guardsmen were on their way to ...

China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has completed all outstanding works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in keeping with its initial contract, but construction of three other areas would not be finished until next year due to global shipping delays of materials, officials said Friday. “Based upon their shipping schedule and what is happening around the world, we have ...

InterCaribbean Airways plans to train Guyanese to become cabin attendants, the carrier’s Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Trevor Sadler announcement on Friday minutes after the inaugural flight arrived from Guyana from Barbados. “On Monday, we start a new class of flight attendants here in Georgetown so we don’t just speak but we follow on with the words and hiring ...