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Twenty-nine year-old Vijai Rigbaran was Monday charged with the murder of a Williamsburg, Corentyne mason at the Albion Magistrate Court. The father of two was not required to plea to the indictable charge read by Magistrate Renita Singh. The court heard that the accused between Tuesday 10th October and Sunday 29th October, 2017 at Williamsburg, Corentyne, he murdered 54-year-old Mohammed ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger has appealed to party members to stop attacking him and instead unite for the common good of that 60-year old political organisation. “I think the time has come for people to stop attacking the leader of the party as a past-time as cake-shop or rum-shop gaff and establish a truce ...

Political bickering between government and the opposition on Sunday appeared set to intensify, with Minister of State, Joseph Harmon calling on local government councils to resist attempts by People’s Progressive Party (PPP) council meetings to disrupt their meetings. Addressing a community meeting at Mocha, as part of a countrywide outreach to explain President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman ...

Commander of the Guyana Police Force’s Berbice Division, Lyndon Alves has confirmed that the men wanted in connection with the rape and drugging of two Berbice teens on Tuesday last were arrested. Commander Alves disclosed to Demerara Waves Online that both men were arrested in the Upper Corentyne area and are being vigorously questioned by police as investigations continue. However ...

Vendors, who sell outside the New Amsterdam Market, will be forced to locate to other areas by Monday. This is according to Town Clerk Sharon Alexander who stated that the decision was taken at the council previous statutory meet. The Town Clerk, in an interview with Demerara Waves Online News, disclosed that the vendors who occupy the outer parts are ...

Prominent city businesswoman and Indian rights activist, Rhyaan Shah, as well as an East Bank Demerara poultry outlet owner and her staff were robbed Saturday afternoon. Police said at about 1:20 PM Saturday, a 66-year old businesswoman of Irvine Street, Georgetown was robbed by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun. The Guyana Police Force did not ...

President David Granger has charged the North American Region of the People’s National Congress Reform — the largest party in the governing coalition — to examine the past and future strategies for remaining in office, even as he pledged his firm commitment to the ideals of his party’s Founder Leader, Forbes Burnham. “Whatever you will choose to discuss today and ...

President David Granger on Saturday defended his decision not to mingle with ordinary working class Guyanese in the United States (US), saying that he has been advised by the American Secret Service that doing so would expose him to security threats. “Some of my movements have been limited on the basis of advice from the United States Secret Service. I ...

President David Granger has labelled as “vulgarians” opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) parliamentarians, in his first public reaction to their drowning out of his address to Parliament by heckling as they held up placards. Addressing  the 5th Biennial Conference of his People’s National Congress Reform – North American Region – being held this week in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he ...

Central government has intervened to ensure that Georgetown’s two major waste disposal companies are paid millions of dollars owed to them by City Hall, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Friday. He announced that Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan has taken over the matter with the aim of paying Cevon’s Waste Management and Puran Brother’s Waste Disposal that are together ...