Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana and Venezuela on Saturday agreed to ask International Relations Professor, Norman Girvan to continue as the United Nations (UN) Good Officer to settle the border controversy between the two South American countries. The announcement was made during Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro’s first official visit to Guyana where he met ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Police are investigating the suspected murder of a woman whose home was later torched by the perpetrators at Diamond housing scheme today. The woman has been identified as 36-year old Sirmattie Ramnaress of  2430, 21st Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. The woman’s husband- Police Sergeant Bailey of Vigilance Police ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The government has revised downwards the projected domestic economic growth for the year as a result of the poor showing of sugar up to the mid-year mark. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh at a news conference Friday night where he added that there had been ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Opposition Leader David Granger says the country is sitting on a “time bomb” where youth unemployment is concerned with the government applying band aids to a chronic problem. He was speaking at an APNU news conference on Friday where he cited a decade-old International Labour Organisation survey which found that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Lightning shocked at least seven sugar workers at Blairmont estate, West Coast Berbice Friday morning and they were rushed to a nearby hospital, according to sources. A number of the field workers were rendered unconscious but they later recovered at the Fort Wellington Hospital. No one was killed. The men ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A man, who allegedly assaulted his eight-month old baby , was Friday granted bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Police alleged that Anthony Francisco on August 20 at 158 Laing Avenue assaulted his eight month old daughter and allegedly threatening his 19-year old stepson. The prosecutor objected ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Dino Bouterse, son of  Suriname’s president, Desi Bouterse,  was arrested Thursday by the United States (US)  judicial authorities, the Surinamese news website, Starniews reported Friday. This  happened in Panama. Officially, there are no announcements made ​​about the reason for his arrest. Star News learns that the Americans suspect him of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Residents of Ituni and Kwakwani in the Region 10 area Thursday blocked a section of the roadway restricting travel between the area and Linden . Reports are that around 8 O’clock persons in the area placed several logs across the roadway resulting in a complete halt to vehicular traffic passing ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A wanted bulletin was Thursday issued for a man implicated in the stabbing death of a man in Albouystown earlier this month during a dispute over money, police said. The suspect has been identified as Muammar Jabbar of 33 James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. He is wanted by the police for ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Government on Thursday signed off a US$8.16M aid agreement with the Chinese which will be used overtime to undertake several projects. While no light was shed on the projects on which the grant will be expended, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh noted at the signing ceremony at the ministry’s ...