POPULAR NEWS
Guyanese-born Corrections Officer Among COBA Honorees
On October 17, 2019, New York City’s second largest law enforcement union, the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA), held its 23rd Annual...
Bomb Scare Briefly Halts Operations at GECOM Office
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 5, CMC – A bomb scare at the office of the returning officer with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), in Region...
WORD CUP 2016
Legal Corner: Time to Get a Will Done
By Rakesh Rampertab, Esq.
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than half a million lives in...
Union Says it is Moving to Meet Deadlines Regarding Acquisition of Refinery
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Oil Field Workers Trade Union (OWTU) says...
Rowley Wants Apology, Retraction of Statement from Moonilall
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is demanding that opposition legislator...
WRC Rally Cup
CAL Allowing Hurricane-hit Passengers to Rebook Without Change Fees
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has extended sympathy to those affected by the hurricanes in the region,...
Why the Stock Market Collapsed
By Vishnu Bisram
Guyanese and other Caribbean Americans cried that they have lost their savings when...
BITTER MELON AND DIABETES
Bitter melon, also known as bitter gourd or karela (in India) and carilla (in the...
SPORT NEWS
CYCLING TOUR
Granger Going Ahead With Appointments of Chancellor and Chief Justice
Despite Opposition Leader's Rejection
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (DEMERARA WAVES) -- President David Granger will be moving ahead with the appointment of his nominees for the posts...
Prime Minister Nagamootoo to Undergo Heart Surgery in the United States
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is scheduled to undergo heart bypass surgery in the United States today (Tuesday), Minister of State Joseph...
Indian Prime Minister Modi to Visit Guyana Later This Year
Commits to Supporting Guyana’s Development, Especially in Sugar and Oil Sectors
Georgetown, Guyana – President David Granger and Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi,...
ExxonMobil Confirms Payment of Signing Bonus to Guyana Government
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil has confirmed that it paid over US$18 million as a signing bonus to the Guyana government.
“Let...
Come Home and Invest: President Ali Urges Guyanese in Canada
Assures Them of Government’s Commitment to Creating an Enabling Environment
Guyana's President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has urged Guyanese living in Canada to return home...
TENNIS
Shri Trimurti Bhavan’s Holi Celebration was Amazing!
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
A message from Pandit Chunelall Narine, Priest-in-Charge, Shri Trimurti Bhavan:
Namaskar! We must first thank the Lord for His blessings and a...
OTHER STORIES
All Skin Folk Ain’t Kinfolk
By Aminta Kilawan Narine, Esq.
The race for president of the United States is picking up steam with South Asian Americans emerging as candidates in a crowded field of contenders. There are several who have...
Labor Day: Unions Must Remain Vigilant and Proactive
By Chaitram Aklu
Since September 5, 1882, the first Monday in September, Labor Day was celebrated in New York City. Then in 1894 it became a national holiday when President Grover Cleveland signed a bill...
Belair Remembers Vice-Captain Jack Mohabir
By Sham Samaroo
NEW YORK (September 1, 2023) - The Belair family mourned the recent passing of loved one Harry “Jack” Mohabir. Members of the Belair Cricket Club fondly recalled Jack’s passion for life and...
Indentured Slavery and the Indian Experience in British Guiana
By Amarnauth Samaroo, PhD
(AUGUST, 16, 2023) - The recent uproar by VP Kamala Harris over the Florida school curriculum and slavery prompted reflections of my ancestors’ experience in British Guiana with debt slavery, or...
A Tribute to Ashton Chase
By Albert Baldeo
Ashton Chase, SC, OE, was the lawyer's lawyer, a labor expert, a statesman, and a wonderful human being. He will be remembered as a principled man, a virtuous soul and a kind-hearted...
Amid a ‘Massive Victory’ PPPC Vows to Work in Every Local Authority Area
COMMENTARY By Dr Tara Singh
The PPPC proclaims, “it is a massive victory,” “it is a landslide,” in response to the results of LGE 2023 of June 12, 2023, after months of haggling by the...
Dr Vishnu Bisram Honored in Fiji for Global Humanitarianism
By Staff Reporter
Well known Guyanese and Indo-Caribbean patriot Dr. Vishnu Bisram, a political commentator and news reporter and a pollster in the West Indies, was honored in Fiji in May at a public reception...
Embracing Another Aspect of Charitable Giving: SDGHM Conducts Medical Outreach at Tuschen and No....
By Dr Tara Singh
As part of its humanitarian mission outreach to Guyana and elsewhere, the New York based NGO, Shri Devi Global Humanitarian Mission (SDGHM) has recently conducted a medical outreach for the first...
Another Historical Day to Remember at This Time
By Chaitram Aklu
Public Law 88-352 – the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide...
Queens Book Fair Celebrates Indo-Caribbean Heritage
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
In March 2023, we celebrated Black History Month. Two months later, we gathered to celebrate Indo-Caribbean Heritage and to pay homage to the forebears that crossed the Kala Pani, or dark...