Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A truck driver was killed Friday night when he was trying to salvage the vehicle that slipped over the edge of a bridge as the the Rupununi river was overflowing its banks. Relatives identify him as 24-year old Dwayne Sancho Williams of Lethem. He was the son of Sydney Sancho. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Music vendors will soon have to remodel their carts and operate a centralized location to help curb noise nuisance and traffic congestion in the capital, Georgetown. “You have to be prepared to compromise to continue your business,” Transport Minister Robeson Benn told the estimated 30 vendors who attended Friday afternoon’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Government intends to go ahead with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project in light of the fact that the hefty sum of US$20M has already been invested for mobilisation, field and laboratory works, Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn said on Friday. The project represents the latest of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Residents of Timehri North would not be removing from airport lands, despite the availability of 350 house-lots at Yarrowkabra so that they can remove to make way for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). “No one has said anything to us and we have not been privy ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A 27-year old taxi driver was Friday arraigned for the alleged murder of a man during a multi-million dollar robbery committed on a gas station owner earlier this week. Joseph Williams was not required to plea to the indictable charge when he appeared before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore. He was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia One gold miner was killed and two others seriously injured in a vehicular accident at Puruni, Region 7 early Thursday night. The dead man has been identified as David Young. The names of the injured were  not immediately available. Sources said the van, bearing number plate GPP 4724, in which ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Police Thursday night captured three suspected bandits and recovered two firearms following a gunfight on the East Coast Demerara, police sources said. Sources said Odingo Allen,23, of Brush Dam and Strathspey, East Coast Demerara was shot to his right knee. Elroy Newton,23, sustained lacerations to his face. The confrontation ensued ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A man has been charged in connection with the robbery-murder committed on an East Coast Demerara businessman and his employee earlier this week as they were heading to a city bank, police sources said. The accused was expected to be arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court on Thursday, but his ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A man, who had snatched a chain from a tobacco leaf vendor, was on July 11 sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. The sentence was handed down by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Shaka Nunes first appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on June 4, for ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The government says it will not budge on the new minimum wage policy and that employers who feel set upon can always opt out of the contracts they have with the administration. The remarks by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Thursday came a day after RK’s Security announced that ...