Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 21:08 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) communication systems appear inadequate, Retired Rear Admiral of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, Hayden Pritchard said during Wednes…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 17:04 by Written By Denis Chabrol United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali signed a “landmark” agreement at the Pentagon on Wednesday, creating an enhanced defense pa…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 23:01 by Written By Denis Chabrol Two civil society activists, who say they have been rebuffed by Access to Information Commissioner, Charles Ramson Snr after they one years ago requested key documents about the o…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 22:27 by Writer Commander of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard David Shamsudeen on Tuesday told the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry that his marine wing handed over digital recordings of communications to…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 11:06 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) on Tuesday said the airport has retained its position as the number one airport in Latin America and the Caribbean, acco…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 7:03 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education says 96 teachers are now equipped with practical competencies and recognised occupational qualifications to enhance the delivery of technical and vocation…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 21:04 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Maritime Administration (MARAD) Chief Engineer, Christopher Clarke, who has been working at that regulatory agency for 20 years, said the regulatory agency does not issue licen…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 17:57 by Writer At least 31 occupants of the sunken MV Barima ferry, who were rescued from the Atlantic sea, were not wearing life jackets, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coast guardsman told the presidential Commiss…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 17:49 by Writer The murder case against the captain of the MV Barima ferry, the first mate and Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) goods superintendent must go ahead because there would be no abuse of process…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 17:38 by Writer The presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the capsizing of the MV Barima ferry has maintained that there would be no real-time live-streaming of the proceedings, but is allowing a two-hour d…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 17:30 by Writer The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Sunday called on authorities to ensure that vaping products are not smuggled in…

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 17:24 by Writer by GHK Lall ‘I could have been a dead man.’

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 16:53 by Writer by GHK Lall “We believe that the future of Guyana would involve at some level and some fashion, whatever that framework may be, these parties working together.

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 16:53 by Writer by GHK Lall Guyana’s number one political detector of danger, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, attended an evening of reflection for Mr.

Last Updated on Monday, 19 October 2026, 16:20 by Writer Press Release From a life changing tragedy in Guyana to becoming a published author gaining international recognition, Guyanese-born author Ms.

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 October 2026, 23:31 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Public Works’ Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) goods wharf on Water Street, Kingston on Thursday appeared to have specially ‘fixed up’ for the visit by the…

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 October 2026, 16:07 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday said Deputy Commissioner of Police Fizal Karimbaksh has been sent on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of ra…

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 October 2026, 8:09 by Written By Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall I extend personal congratulations to the BK Group for nabbing that $1.034 billion MV Barima salvage award.

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 October 2026, 6:45 by Written By Denis Chabrol By Professor Mark Kirton- Director, Center for International and Border Studeis As widely predicted, the 2026 Brazilian presidential election goes to a second round – a runoff elec…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 21:59 by Written By Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday openly expressed disgust at the protracted delay it was taking for the European Union (EU) to decide on processing Schengen visas in Guyana.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 21:30 by Written By Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday chided investors in the Caribbean for failing to grab opportunities in the tourism sector, at a time when Middle East countries have been spendi…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 18:12 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sinking of the MV Barima ferry almost three months ago on Wednesday said BK International was picked as the preferred bidder to salvage t…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 13:06 by Written By Denis Chabrol The five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sinking of the MV Barima ferry is interested in hearing from the captain, crew and goods superintendent but they could refuse…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 13:20 by Written By Denis Chabrol The Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Barima ferry has been consulted as part of government’s evaluation of the bidders for salvaging the vessel, one of the five-m…

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 9:51 by Written By Denis Chabrol Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the country’s national water utility, and the United Nations in Guyana have launched a programme supported by seed funding from UN-Water, UN-Water…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 20:44 by Writer Attorney-at-Law Selwyn Pieters, who represents President Irfaan Ali, on Tuesday admitted that he complained to Meta about a Facebook post by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed that mentioned his cli…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 18:01 by Written By Denis Chabrol More than 100 witnesses are slated to testify before the five-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the July 18 MV Barima tragedy that claimed lives of numerous passengers and cr…

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2026, 20:50 by Writer The Guyana Development Bank (GDB) appears not to have a walk-in office for loan applicants, but on Monday — October 5 — began operations through an online portal.

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2026, 12:47 by Written By Denis Chabrol High Court judge Joy Persaud-Singh on Monday denied a request for bail to be granted to coordinator of Guyana’s Border Patrol Unit pending his sentencing for assaulting his ex-wife.

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2026, 9:47 by Written By Denis Chabrol Transparency International Guyana Inc.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 22:08 by Written By Denis Chabrol Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell formally announced that residents would go to the polls on November 5, 2026.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 21:05 by Writer Reproduced from the BBC The right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, beating the incumbent left-wing President Lula da Silva.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 20:56 by Writer The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), whose co-founder, Dr Walter Rodney, was assassinated at the height of its civil rebellion to remove the People’s National Congress (PNC) dictatorship of the 1970s…

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 20:40 by Writer Reflecting on his relationship with the now late Robert Corbin, Guyana’s incumbent PPPC vice president Bharrat Jagdeo, who, when he was president, had often met with the former opposition PNCR leader,

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 20:01 by Writer Former Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) chairman Daniel Seeram’s High Court application for bail ahead of next month’s lower court sentencing for assaulting and harming his ex wife describes her blood…

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 19:52 by Writer The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says its late leader, Robert Herman Orlando Corbin, who died on Sunday, was a “shrewd politician” who would be “irreplaceable”.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 19:48 by Writer Former opposition leader of Guyana, and former leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin died on Sunday.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 13:03 by Writer The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said it seized a quantity of uncustomed alcohol from a property owned by Mr Ernesto Choo that was rented to one of three arrested persons.

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 October 2026, 12:56 by Writer Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has been picked to offer scheduled flights to French Guiana, with the signing of a modernised air services agreement between Guyana and France, the carrier said Saturday.

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 October 2026, 11:54 by Writer by GHK Lall It would take an imbecile to think of Hon Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond as a dunce.

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 October 2026, 15:28 by Written By Denis Chabrol Reproduced from Starcomm Network Former Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited chief executive officer Ingrid Innes has been fined US$7,000 and sentenced to time served after p…

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 October 2026, 14:32 by Written By Denis Chabrol The drivers of fallen shipping container trailer trucks are being charged for faulty loading or unsecured containers, Guyana Police Force (GPF) Traffic Chief, Assistant Commission…

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 October 2026, 14:09 by Written By Denis Chabrol By Dr Randy Persaud, Office of the President Make no mistake about the mass murder of innocents during World War II.

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 October 2026, 14:43 by Written By Denis Chabrol A resident of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara was Thursday charged with the abduction of two Surinamese men and granted bail.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:48 by Writer Guyana is on high alert for bird flu (H5N1 avian influenza), following an outbreak in neighbouring Suriname where at least 5,000 chickens on a farm were killed by the virus and a remaining 1,000

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:33 by Writer Guyana has imposed a ban on Suriname-imported bananas citing the country’s sufficient quantities of the fruit to satisfy local demand, agriculture minister Zulfikar Mustapha said Wednesday.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:25 by Writer As Guyana launches Agriculture Month 2026, the government said Guyanese would begin getting cheaper fruits and vegetables at weekly farmers’ markets beginning on Wednesday.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 17:18 by Writer Attorney General Anil Nandlall Tuesday night dismissed reports that the government was proposing compensation to survivors and relatives of passengers and crew members who drowned when the ferry

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 22:09 by Writer Police were Tuesday night greeted with burning flames blocking them from searching the Vigilance, East Coast Demerara home of Mark “Demon” Cromwell as part of investigations into the whereabouts…

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 17:36 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday said Guyana would soon be part of a Caribbean-wide mechanism that would use technology to monitor its airspace and exclusive economic zone (EEZ).