Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two fires of unknown origin have left one miner homeless and another man burnt to death, authorities said. Police said that a man whose only name has been given as Martin was killed by fire that also destroyed his house at Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice. That fire occurred ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyanese actor and storyteller, Maurice Braithwaite died in the United States where he had been living for several decades. He was 71. The Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) on Saturday said the man who acted as “Mentore” in the radio serial,  “Tides of Susanburg”, passed away. Francis Quamina Farrier, who wrote ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyanese living along the densely populated coastline were Saturday warned to brace themselves for flooding due to a combination of heavy rainfall and spring tide. “We advise that wet conditions with possible flooding in low lying areas that wet conditions with possible flooding in low lying areas when rain is ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is prepared to pass the hydro-electric bill it opposed on Thursday but that it needs more guarantees before it okays a motion to raise the debt ceiling.  At a news conference on Friday party executive Moses Nagamootoo said they had indicated their support ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Regional airline LIAT on Saturday announced that it would shortly commence scheduled services to and from the Ogle International Airport in Guyana. Effective Monday July 22, LIAT will operate a daily flight from Barbados to Ogle with a daily return service. Flight LI 521 will depart the Grantley Adams International Airport at 12:30 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A woman was Friday night stabbed by her common-law husband and admitted a patient at the Port Kaituma Hospital, authorities said. The incident occurred at the Port Kaituma bus park. The woman should have been air-dashed to the city for treatment of stab wounds to one of her arms and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar has decried the parliamentary opposition’s use of its majority to vote against a bill and a motion tied to the Amaila Hydropower Project as an “act of terrorism” against national development. This is according to a statement released by the Government Information Agency (GINA) Friday evening. The ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia LIAT on Saturday explained that its daytime flights between Guyana and Barbados are continuing as normal while the two night-time flights that have been cancelled will resume on August 1. LIAT spokesman, Desmond Brown told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) that flight LI 521 is scheduled to depart Barbados at 12:30 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing loans totalling USD 65 million dollars to four shareholder governments of regional airline LIAT to assist with the purchase of aircraft under a Fleet Modernisation Project, the airline said in a statement. The loan agreements provide for the loans to be on-lent to, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday dismissed efforts by the political opposition to link approval for the Amaila Falls hydro power project to governance issues on grounds that the generation facility is a “national” matter. Chairman of the PSC’s Communications sub-committee, Kit Nascimento said the umbrella business organisation wanted ...