Last Updated on Friday, 6 March 2015, 0:43 by GxMedia Guyanese youths appear to be more interested in politics than older folks and the East Indian and other Guyanese are satisfied with aspects of the way the country is being run , according to a recent study conducted by the Latin American  Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). LAPOP Director at Vanderbilt ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 March 2015, 19:49 by GxMedia A High Court jury found a mother and her  former lover guilty of the murder of her 16-year old daughter, Neesa Gopaul, almost five years ago. Bibi Shareema Gopaul was sentenced to 106 years and Barry Small was sentenced to 96 years by Justice Navindra Singh.  The decomposed body of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 March 2015, 11:42 by GxMedia Can this society rid itself of the race albatross?  Or heal its leaking, hurting, crippling race wound?  It can do this May what it has never come close to doing before. The year 1992 heralded a fresh start after decades of despair and loss.  Many black Guyanese were in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 March 2015, 2:19 by GxMedia A vegetable vendor was Wednesday night shot and robbed at his home at Supply, Mahaica, and two of  the four suspected bandits were caught at Unity Village, police and residents said. His only name given is “Pappy”.  He was shot to his left foot by one of the bandits. Pappy, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 March 2015, 1:36 by GxMedia A former Office Assistant at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, who was previously convicted for cocaine smuggling, was Wednesday afternoon caught again with two kilogrammes of cocaine that he was hoping to take to Barbados, according to well-placed sources. He is 32-year old Terry De Freitas who late last year won ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 20:10 by GxMedia Despite a warning by Venezuela not to search for oil in a maritime area she claims as hers, United States oil giant, Exxon Mobil, will Thursday begin drilling an exploratory well in an offshore concession granted by Guyana. Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News that the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:18 by GxMedia The opposition coalition on Wednesday officially launched its campaign for the May 11, 2015 general elections, pledging to end racially divisive politics for the first time since the 1950s and root out corruption, crime and bad governance. Addressing a packed audience at the Pegasus Hotel, Prime Ministerial candidate Moses Nagamootoo ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 11:47 by GxMedia The non-governmental pressure organisation- Blue C.A.P.S.-Wednesday morning announced the appointment Michael Leonard as its new Chairman, following the resignation of its Founding Chairman, Clinton Urling. Leonard was previously Vice Chairman. Urling, who resigned on March 2, told Demerara Waves Online News Wednesday morning that he was was now a regular ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 1:50 by GxMedia Guyana’s opposition coalition wants to cut the number of ministers to 16 or 18 and appoint three Vice Presidents that they say will not be a drain on the national treasury. Reacting to claims by the incumbent People’s Progressive Party (PPP) that the coalition’s plan to appoint three Vice Presidents ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 23:32 by GxMedia City businessman and former President of the non-governmental organisation, Blue CAPS,  Clinton Urling  Tuesday said he would almost certainly be entering the political arena for the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News, Urling said a decision would most likely be made in less ...