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An early Monday morning fire destroyed a house and severely damaged several others in the congested residential area of Albouystown, Georgetown. The fire began shortly after 1 AM and ripped through several wooden houses at James and King Edward Streets. Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edo told News-Talk Radio Guyana/ Demerara Waves Online News there were no immediate reports of injuries. He ...

Two men have died after the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle which slammed into two utility poles on the Timehri Public Road on Saturday night, police said. The Guyana Police Force identified the deceased as 24-year old Pascal Dainty of Unity Place,  Festival City,  North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and 32-year old Delon Whitehead of William Street, Kitty, ...

Four residents of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara have been robbed by a gun-toting bandit of cash, jewellery and other items with a total value of GYD$841,000. Police said he has not yet been arrested for the robbery that was committed at about 10:15 Saturday night. Those robbed are a 45-year old businesswoman, a 44-year old fisherman, a 23-year old ...

President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday said that Guyana’s sovereign wealth fund would be restructured to spend the ‘oil money’ on significantly improving the country’s social and physical infrastructure. “That is the stage we are in now- giving Guyana that opportunity to become competitive, giving us the people of Guyana the opportunity to get world-class services, ...

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Saturday virtually ruled out the Guyana government establishing a State-owned airline once again. “It is not currently on the agenda to establish a state-owned airline,” he told a trade and investment forum at the the Inaugural Diaspora Conference. He noted that a government investing a State-owned airline is too risky, citing the example of ...

Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe on Friday denied that he conspired with others to defraud the Guyana Police Force of GYD$10 million and that he sexually assaulted a female police officer. Through his Attorney-at-Law, Selwyn Pieters, Mr. Slowe also indicated that he would filing a lawsuit against the Police Force for sullying the ...

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday announced that all schools would be reopened for face-to-face classes from September because vaccines are now available to prevent people from getting very sick or dying from the coronavirus, COVID-19. “If persons are responsible and getting vaccinated and utilising the only scientific and medically proven way of bending the curve of the CIOVID-19 ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the major opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) would be given two opportunities to examine a draft revision of a key election law. He announced that the draft amended Representation of the People Act would by the end of June, 2021 would be circulated to the International community, APNU+AFC, civil society and ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that government has reached settlements with three City businessmen concerning land sales under the previous APNU+AFC government. He said agreements have been struck with Car Care, Cevon’s Waste Management and Courtney Benn Construction. “We don’t want to penalise unsuspecting businessmen,” he told a news conference. He indicated that government would drop those cases ...

Mariners and residents of several coastal and riverain areas are being warned to “take all the necessary precautions” against extremely high spring tides from May 23 to May 29. The highest tides are expected to be on Wednesday May 26, 2021 at 3:38 am at a height of  3.23 metres (10.59 feet) and on Thursday May 27, 2021 at 4:22am ...