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Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) experienced three shutdowns at approximately 12:03 hrs, 12:58 hrs and 16:04 hrs today due to a suspected fault on the 69kv transmission line linking the Kingston Power Station to the Sophia Substation (Dispatch Centre). This transmission line remains isolated from the DBIS grid. While efforts are ongoing to determine the origin of the shutdowns, power ...

Convicted drug baron, Barry Dataram was Tuesday sentenced to additional imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges in connection with his recent escape to Suriname. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan, he confessed to passport forgery, absconding the law and illegal departure. Mc Lennan sentenced Dataram to 12 months for forgery of a Guyana passport,  two years for absconding the ...

Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best on Tuesday fended off criticisms in some quarters that only ex  high ranking military officers are being hired to conduct commissions of inquiry. Best is the latest such hired person, having been sworn in to enquire, examine, investigate and report into all conditions and circumstances that led ...

WWF-Guianas and the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB), with funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), on Monday , October 17th, 2016, launched their Opt-in Readiness Project in Annai, North Rupununi. “The project will prepare the nineteen indigenous communities of the North Rupununi to be active participants and beneficiaries of Guyana’s Green Economy,” WWF said in a statement. ...

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development  (IICRCD) has announced that it has received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification for Forest Management for the Iwokrama Forest. This followed a main assessment conducted by Soil Association Certification Limited of the United Kingdom during September. “The Iwokrama Forest is now the only area in Guyana that has been certified for ...

A fuel dealer was robbed of GYD$6.2 million and other valuables near the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) , one hour after leaving a city bank, he told Demerara Waves Online News. Thirty-two year old Randy France of Barima, North West District told Demerara Waves Online News that four men, one of whom was armed with ...

A taxi driver, in trying to avoid further problems with the courts, promised Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan to repay the man he allegedly tricked out of GYD$90,000. The charge against Chetram Sukhanandan is that on October 10, 2016, at Herstelling, he was entrusted with $90,000 for the purpose of paying a mortgage, but he fraudulently converted the cash to his own ...

The illegal aircraft that was found in southern Guyana around mid-September arrived from Colombia, and confirmed what Demerara Waves Online News had long reported- that the plane had been at that location long before its discovery. A Commission of Inquiry also found weak relations between residents at Yupukari and the security forces that would have most likely resulted in their ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Monday expressed grave concern about a number of inaccuracies in the Auditor General’s Report, and said they could have been avoided if the Auditor General had consulted with the Finance Ministry. Accountant General, Jawahar Persaud told reporters that since he has been there for the past six years, the Auditor General has been consulting with ...

A woman was stabbed to death by her child’s father Monday afternoon at about 2 O’clock, and police are on the manhunt for the assailant who escaped into the Corentyne backlands. The dead woman has been identified as 38-year old Brusch of 20 Second Street, Ulverston, Corentyne, Berbice. Police said they are combing the thickly vegetated backlands for 43-year old ...