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An unattended electric stove was the cause of Monday evening’s fire at Kwakwani, Berbice River that left nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said Tuesday. “The fire was caused by a lit electrical stove that had been left unattended. Naked flames from the stove ignited a window curtain, which rapidly spread to other combustible materials within the house,” ...

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Vista Services Inc. has announced that it has become the exclusive distributor of Fermax Video Access Control Systems in Guyana. “This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to providing cutting-edge security solutions for households and businesses across the country,” VSI said in a statement. Under the leadership of Managing Director Orson Ferguson, Vista Services Inc. said it ...

Police have discovered an AK-47 assault rifle and a large sum of foreign currency and Guyanese dollars allegedly in possession by a businessman at his home at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said Monday. Arrested at about 6:25 p.m. was 42-year-old Weston Pickering of Lot 2 Somerset Court Housing Scheme, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. After the man ...

asks FBI to prosecute him for false report Burke demands that government produce the evidence The Guyana government has asked the United States (US) for assistance to institute a series of charges in both countries against New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke for several offences he has allegedly committed on social media. “These authorities have been invited to explore ...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations would have to thrash out their different positions on Venezuela, as the six members of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have come out in support of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro whose re-election has been condemned at home and abroad. President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNAG), Ambassador Dennis Francis declined to comment directly ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is not ruling out coalescing with other political parties to contest the 2025 general and regional elections, but will insist on a tight agreement that must include poverty eradication, rebalancing of wealth distribution and constitutionally entrenched power sharing, co-leader Dr David Hinds said at the weekend. “Unlike the last time, when we just went in ...

The planned signing of an agreement for increased teachers’ salaries on Monday hangs in the balance because the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) would have the final say earlier in the day, an official indicated on Sunday. “Let’s see where it goes by tomorrow (Monday),” GTU President Dr Mark Lyte told Demerara Waves Online News. He said the GTU’s General Council ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday announced that its veteran member David Hinds is set to lead his party into the 2025 general and regional elections. Saying that Dr Hinds, a political science professor, has been also appointed a WPA co-leader, the party said he has emerged as one of the major social and political influencers in our country. ...

A police officer took his own life after consuming a poisonous substance hours after police believed that they uncovered concrete evidence linking him to Wednesday night’s stabbing death of Attorney-at-Law, Richard Layne. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Mark Ramotar said Police Sergeant Tony Sulker was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at about 9:15 Friday night. Clothing found in ...