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Even as the Guyana Bar Association signaled that a Court Order could be obtained to compel President David Granger to comply with a High Court ruling on the process of appointing a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), he maintained that preference must be for a judicial person “While the President believes that the Constitution was crafted the way ...

A man, who escaped from custody while he was a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), was Sunday morning arrested inside a barrel at a house at Agricola, East Bank Demerara. “Wanted person Marlon Jeffery who escaped from the GPHC, was this (Sunday) morning recaptured at a house in Brutus Street, Agricola. Four persons, inclusive of two females ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday said it would rely on the outcome of a probe by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) into the purchase of GYD$632 million worth of drugs, even as it said its own investigation revealed that the hospital’s management allegedly violated a decision to follow the legal process of going through the National Procurement ...

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Friday commissioned its modern licensing and examination system for pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers (AME) and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), the regulatory agency said in a statement. The new licensing system will see the introduction of a plastic card license being issued to applicants who are successful at their examinations administered by the Personnel ...

Ninety “really bad” prisoners are still in the walled swampy area at Lusignan, as more than GYD$500 million construction works continue at the Camp Street jail where high-tech scanners will be installed, authorities said. “There are still a number of prisoners in the swamped area. We felt that it was necessary because we do not want them to contaminate the ...

A Detective at the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force on Friday came in for harsh criticism after he admitted to several apparent lapses during a probe of an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger. The Commission of Inquiry, being conducted by Retired Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe, heard that Andre Gillard had alleged that after he had ...

The two men, who the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard intercepted in a boat at sea allegedly with a quantity of cocaine, were Thursday remanded to prison after they were arraigned on a narcotics trafficking charge. John Da Silva, 45, and 34-year old Kevin Fitzroy were arraigned on a joint charge of being in possession of 95.5 kilogrammes of ...

Four days after Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine resigned as a government minister, he has pulled it back and decided to remain a minister and member of the Cabinet, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon announced Thursday. Roopnaraine’s decision to stay on was made at a meeting he held with President David Granger in the presence of the Minister of State on Wednesday ...

Three Guyanese miners have been shot dead and one of their colleagues injured in Venezuela during an attack on a mining camp, police here said Friday. Interior Divisional Commander,Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram told Demerara Waves Online News that the incident did not occur in Guyanese territory. “They were working with a Brazilian at Imataka backdam in Venezuela which is about ...

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Political Science Professor David Hinds and outspoken political commentator, Ramon Gaskin on Wednesday slammed President David Granger for virtually dismissing a High Court ruling on how the Constitution should be interpreted for the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). Gaskin was particularly angered at the fact that Granger earlier Wednesday ...