National Cultural Centre for major overhaul

Months after respected Guyanese cultural advocate, playwright and filmmaker Andre Wiltshire called on government to rehabilitate the terribly run down National Cultural Centre (NCC), Junior Culture Minister Stephen Jacobs said the iconic facility is slated to undergo a comprehensive restoration and modernisation this year. Speaking to the government-controlled Department of Public Information (DPI), he said the overhaul would…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/national-cultural-centre-for-major-overhaul/

Trinidad and Tobago company selected for operation and maintenance of Wales Natural Gas Liquids plant

Trinidad and Tobago's Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) and local partner GuyGas Inc. have been identified as the first-ranked firms for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of the Gas-to-Energy (GTE) Phase 1 Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant, the Office of the Prime Minister said Tuesday. "Cabinet has given its no-objection to the commencement of negotiations…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/trinidad-and-tobago-company-selected-for-operation-and-maintenance-of-wales-natural-gas-liquids-plant/

Opposition Leader requests meeting with Norton, Walton-Desir to replace GECOM commissioners

In a bid to break a nine-month deadlock over the need for representative composition of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following last year's general and regional elections, Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed says he has formally requested a meeting with the leaders of the other two parliamentary opposition parties. In correspondence dated June 10 to leader of the…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/opposition-leader-requests-meeting-with-norton-walton-desir-to-replace-gecom-commissioners/

South American gangs likely shifting to Guyana amid US pressure – US war expert

Even as the Guyana government remains largely tight-lipped on the possible motives behind the recent smuggling of 33 AK-47 assault rifles into Guyana, a United States Army War College professor, who pays keen attention to Latin America, believes that several criminal gangs from Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia are likely moving further westward deeper into this country. Professor Evan Ellis…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/south-american-gangs-likely-shifting-to-guyana-amid-us-pressure-us-war-college-professor/

Cybele Energy still to pay signing bonus as new deadline passes – source

The Ghana-based Cybele Energy is yet to pay its US$17 million signing bonus plus accrued interest into Guyana's Natural Resources Fund (NRF), according to a well-placed source. The source said a transfer into the NRF's account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would take at most three days to be deposited, but up to today (Monday) none had been received.

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/cybele-energy-still-to-pay-signing-bonus-as-new-deadline-passes-source/

Chairmen of parliamentary standing and sectoral committees elected

The chairmen of several bipartisan standing parliamentary and sectoral committees were elected on Monday at a meeting convened by the Speaker of the National Assembly. The Parliament Office said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) would be chaired by We Invest in Nationhood's Vishnu Panday, Constitutional Reform Committee by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, Oversight…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/16/chairmen-of-parliamentary-standing-and-sectoral-committees-elected/

Construction worker charged with possession of 23 AK-47 assault rifles

A 27-year old man was Monday arraigned in connection with the seizure of 23 AK-47 assault rifles last Thursday night and was remanded to prison, the Guyana Police Force said. He is 27-year old Jonathan David Gans, a construction worker of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara.  Mr Gans was charged with possession of firearm without license and possession of ammunition without License.

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/15/construction-worker-charged-with-possession-of-23-ak-47-assault-rifles/

Guyana-born American A.I. biotech innovator’s foundation to spearhead mobile community disease detection

Guyana-born American biotech innovator, Dr Niven Narain is establishing a women's health foundation in Guyana and the United States (US) that would be introducing mobile community and workplace testing to help detect diseases early. "I honour my grandmother in taking the funds that are going to be received with this award, together with other members of my family,…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/15/guyana-born-american-a-i-biotech-innovators-foundation-to-spearhead-mobile-community-disease-detection/

AK-47 assault rifles smuggled through wharves for Venezuelan gang members

The 33 AK-47 assault rifles that were recently seized by Guyanese law enforcers in two separate busts less than one month apart were shipped by sea and smuggled through the city's wharves undetected for South American gang members, sources said. The government has been tight-lipped and only limited information has been provided by the Guyana Police Force (GPF). When Demerara Waves Online News…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/15/ak-47-assault-rifles-smuggled-through-wharves-for-venezuelan-gang-members/

Randy Jagdeo surrenders for seized AK-47s probe

City businessman, Randy Jagdeo surrendered on Sunday after police said he was wanted as part of investigations into the seizure of twenty-three AK-47 assault rifles and more than 500 rounds of matching ammunition, police said. Head of the Guyana Police Force's Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Deputy Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said Mr Jagdeo,40, "surrendered this (Sunday) morning at CID HQ (Headquarters)…

https://demerarawaves.com/2026/06/14/randy-jagdeo-surrenders-for-seized-ak-47s-probe/