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Three prisoners on Monday escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, prison officials confirmed. Prisons Director, Gladwin Samuels said the three inmates escaped from the holding bay at about 4:30 AM by scaling the wall. He told Demerara Waves Online News that a probe has been launched to determine how they managed to scale the fence and how police ...

The well-known Guyanese law firm- Hughes, Fields and Stoby- that recently opened offices in the United States ‘oil capital’ of Houston, Texas on Monday said Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes had briefed Cabinet on her “interests”, in the wake of concerns potential conflict of interest by government minister, Cathy Hughes. “We believe that the Minister has declared her interests ...

A Guyanese pilot, who was responsible for flying out two small planes from the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport two years ago without approval, died in a plane crash off the Long Island, New York coast on Saturday, well-placed sources confirmed. Dead is Munidat ‘ Raj’ Persaud. United States (US) authorities have not yet identified the body, but his ...

A man, who intervened in heated domestic dispute between husband and wife, was stabbed to death. The suspected killer has since been arrested and the murder weapon retrieved, the Guyana Police Force said Sunday. Dead is 19-year old Nyron Vyphuis, a labourer of Circuit Ville, Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. “Investigations revealed that the suspect was quarreling with his common-law wife and was ...

President David Granger has East Berbice-Corentyne voters at next month’s local government elections to put aside political and personal loyalties and vote for the best candidates to manage the affairs of their towns and villages. “What is good for Rose Hall is good for Guyana. So do not put lazy people there, do not put people who come from your ...

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo Saturday night said next month’s local government elections was a fresh platform to remove the David Granger-led coalition from office because of bad economic management of Guyana. “You are part of a movement not only to change the area in which you live but you are part of a movement, the ...

Even as an internal controversy among teachers brews over the pending salary increases, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday claimed credit for pushing President David Granger to meet with the Guyana Teachers’ Union  (GTU) to stave off another strike. “I had to practically bully Granger to meet with the teachers; finally he did. I had to practically bully him,” Jagdeo ...

Guyanese public school teachers will not get any additional salary increases for 2017 but will receive 12 percent for 2016 and eight percent for 2018, following a final round of talks on Friday, a well-placed source said. The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union, in a joint statement, did not give any details of the deal, but said ...

Guyana and the Canadian province of  Newfoundland and Labrador are next week expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in oil and gas, the Canadian High Commission here announced on Friday. Touting the fact that that province has significant experience in servicing Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSOs) and oil rigs, the diplomatic mission in Guyana said the ...

Guyana is moving to increase trade with Cuba to which millions of dollars in goods have been exported, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba, Halim Majeed, disclosed that the amount of rice exported in 2018, for instance, has more than quadrupled when compared to last year. “In 2017, we sold 15,500 tonnes of rice to ...