Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2015, 19:29 by GxMedia by Zena HenryCharged with the security concerns of the country, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramattan says that he is currently trying to settle in to his “complicated” Ministry, but the newly appointed head of National Security is already eyeing several important areas in his ministry where he believes investigations are ...

Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2015, 19:23 by GxMedia by Zena Henry With the new cleaning frenzy sweeping across the city, vendors of the Stabroek Market and citizens of South Georgetown are scheduled to commence massive cleanup exercises this Sunday. Already, fire fighters, who are based at the Stabroek, turned out in their numbers on Friday to lend a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2015, 18:54 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The new Administration has a few more matters to address as they settle in to their new positions of leadership before the reopening of the Parliament, but it is expected that this will be done before June 4 or June 11 to facilitate the seating of the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 29 May 2015, 0:41 by GxMedia Guyana plans to open a Consulate in French Guiana to look after the interests and welfare of thousands of Guyanese who live in that overseas department of France as well as ensure that suspected criminals are sent back to their homeland. “Some of them might be criminals, and we hope ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 20:27 by GxMedia The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursdady said it was peeved at the disappearance of approximately GUY$6 million worth of foreign liquor from its Eccles Warehouse Facility allegedly at the hands of private security guards. This discovery was made by officers of the Agency’s Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) during ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 19:46 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Police Sergeant David Leon Lindo of 220 Belle Dam West Bank Demerara was Thursday May 28 remanded to jail in connection with the murder of city businessman Mohamed F. Khan whose headless body was found in Cummings Lodge late last year. Lindo who made his first court ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 16:28 by GxMedia The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday announced the introduction of another Online facility for taxpayers, which allows them to check on the status of their licence transactions through the agency’s website.  To access this service, the taxpayer simply visits the agency’s website www.gra.gov.gy, click on the Licence Transaction Checker link, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 16:18 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Health Minister Dr. George Norton has picked no bone with the recently displayed “exorbitant” health finances allocated to members of the former administration stating that, “there are certain positions that go with certain benefits.” During an exclusive interview  with Demerara Waves Monday May 25, the recently appointed ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 15:58 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The police are left to interview at least five of seven survivors who escaped death when a wall of debris came crashing down at a mining site at Pepper Creek, Konawaruk,, killing some 10 workers. Commander of ‘F’ Division Courtney Ramsey told Demerara Waves Thursday May 28, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2015, 15:49 by GxMedia The United States (US) is expected to support the new Guyana government’s quest to improve security, fight corruption and hold long overdue local government elections, according to a top embassy official here. “I think there is not going to be a tremendous change necessarily in what we are prepared to ...