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A mining operation ,which was in April 2016 caught operating in the Kaieteur National Park area, will pay a fine of $7 million to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the Ministry of Natural Resources said Friday. The ministry said Ceso Alves De Alcantara, a national of Brazil, was fined after a raid by the Ministry of Natural Resources and ...

The Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and its Head are now officially required to report directly to the Commissioner of Police. “The SOCU is responsible to the Commissioner of Police for all investigations, detections, preventions and preparation of criminal investigative reports and case files for prosecutions of financial crimes, including money laundering and the financing ...

A five member team will head to New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States to represent Guyana at the first Global Workshop on Oil Spill Response Planning to be held from August 18-19, 2016, the Ministry of Natural Resources said Thursday. The team comprises persons from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, the Environmental Protection ...

The prime suspect in the murder of a 14-year old girl and the dumping of her body in the Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara was arrested early Thursday morning. Alvin “Satan” Reid  was wanted by police for questioning in connection with the death of Malika Hamilton of Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara. Her body was found in the canal on ...

Former Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin on Monday said he would continue to support his political party in the background but e again ruled out seeking public or elected office. “I’m not running for any office. I didn’t run at the last congress,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. “My job is to give service ...

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is to set up its own approved school in another six months to train Air Traffic Controllers, GCAA Director General, Egbert Field announced Wednesday. “We need to have the programme approved and the approval process takes a while. It has to go through a certain number of stages,” he said. The Caribbean Aviation Safety ...

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Basil Williams said Wednesday that if former party leader, Robert Corbin decides to contest the number two spot, it would be “licks for Williams.” “To me, is a beat up. If Mr Corbin is to say he is contesting, it would be licks for Williams,” he told a news briefing. Corbin about ...

Police said they were investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 5:15  Wednesday morning on the Chelsea Public Road, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara which resulted in the death of a British woman and serious injury to her daughter who is also a British national. Dead is Bibi Haroon O’Donovan, 58 years, of 15 Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice. Police learned ...

A man was shot and robbed of GYD$30,000 during the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning at Cemetery Road and D’Urban Street, Georgetown by three identifiable males, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Thirty-one year old Mark English of Providence, East Bank Demerara was shot to his left leg at about 2:55 AM. Investigators were told that he went ...