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As several grave questions remain unanswered about the City administration’s plans to use a playground in the upscale Bel Air Park to build town houses for top city officials,  a vocal A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Councillor, Alfred Mentore is warning about the political implications ahead of local government and general elections. He noted that the playground is owned ...

Hundreds of  municipal workers are Tuesday expected to take strike action to pressure City Hall to pay almost GY$300 million in deductions from their salaries to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Guyana Labour Union and a credit union. Chairman of City Council’s Finance Committee, Oscar Clarke acceded to Councillor, Akeem Peter’s request that a report on ...

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is Tuesday due to undergo heart bypass surgery on Tuesday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced. The veteran Guyanese politician is 70 years old. Harmon said Nagamootoo recently underwent a routine medical examination in Guyana which revealed that he has some cardiac issues. “Prime Minister Nagamootoo was advised to seek further medical intervention and brought forward a ...

ST. JOHN’S ANTIGUA, February 12, 2018 – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, on Monday announced that it has partnered with the Department of Tourism, Guyana and the Guyana Tourism Authority as Guyana hosts the 24th Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism. The Congress will take place from March 21-22 under the theme “Connecting the Americas through Sustainable Tourism”. ...

A porter was Monday morning stabbed to death by man who accused him of having a relationship with his wife, the Guyana Police Force said. The body of Nair Khan, 30 years, a porter of Bud Street, Line Top, Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo, was about 6 AM Monday discovered in a pool of blood at Vergenoegen, East Bank Demerara. A ...

Thirty-six persons from the education sector in Region Six on February 9 received certificates after successfully completing a course in Education Management. The two year Education Management certificate course is organised by the Ministry of Education through the National Centre for Education Resource Development  (NCERD) and aims to help school administrators enhance their accountability and competence in all areas of ...

Ten new Barbadian manufacturers and service exporters are exploring trade and market opportunities in Guyana, the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation’s (BIDC) said Sunday. The group participating in this exploratory mission, are all recent graduates of the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation’s (BIDC) Export Readiness Training Programme, an initiative designed to equip new and potential exporters with the knowledge, tools ...

A Guyanese man has been arrested in neighbouring Brazil for setting fire to homes where Venezuelans are seeking refuge in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima State, media reported. He has been identified as 42-year old Gordon “Jamaica” Fowler. He was arrested by the General Homicide Office of the Civilian Police at about 9 O’clock Saturday night in the Mecejana ...

A Stanleytown, New Amsterdam resident at about 20:30hrs on Saturday evening became Berbice’s latest road fatality victim, after he was crushed to death by a 4×4 Vehicle. The accident, which occurred on Stanleytown main road, has resulted in the death of Rohan ‘Pompey’ Pooran , 43, of lot 58 Stanleytown New Amsterdam Berbice. Demerara Waves Online News understands that Pooran ...

A funeral parlour accountant was early Saturday morning found dead outside his home at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara. Dead is 60-year old Sheik Mohamed Hack of 108 LBI, East Coast Demerara. He was an accountant at Sandy’s Funeral Home. Investigators said a passerby saw the man’s body, face up, at about 7:30 AM outside his residence with ...