Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Canada on Monday announced the opening of a new visa application centre (VAC) in Georgetown to make the process of applying for a visa to enter Canada easier and more convenient. The High Commission, however, pointed out that the centre  will not decide whether applicants will be granted visas. “It ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) President Simona Broomes was Monday afternoon placed on station bail in connection with alleged assault and theft committed on a shopkeeper at Puruni in April during a Trafficking in Persons operation. Shortly after she was released on GUY$10,000 station bail and told to return to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The wheel of a LIAT aircraft fell off while on a flight from Guyana to Barbados, but the plane landed safely at the Grantley Adams International Airport where an emergency had been declared, passengers said. LIAT (1974) confirmed the occurrence on flight LI 774 on Monday morning, saying that there ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A Brazilian man was Sunday shot by another of his countrymen during an argument about a damaged excavator, police said. 29-year old Radiel Silva Lima was shot and injured to his left leg by another Brazilian man who is a licensed firearm holder. He has been hospitalised. The perpetrator has ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia In the face of the fluctuating international price for gold, the Guyana government is considering a proposal by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) to import cheaper fuel. Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud announced that government was exploring that proposal to cushion the impact of the rising ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two persons, including a six-week old baby, were killed Sunday afternoon when a bus ran off a bridge on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway into the Kairuni Creek, sources said. The deceased were identified as 23-year old Anastacia Forde of Ituni and Taquaah Shepherd. The baby’s parents- Sean Shepherd and Tenisha Victor- ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two children died in an early Sunday morning fire and their mother and brother were hospitalised with burns, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle. Police identified the deceased as Adam Marshall, 11 years and Shania Marshall, 8 years. Those injured are Odessa Thomas, 36 years, and her unnamed 13-year-old child. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The wounded and semi-nude body of a fish vendor was Saturday found on his friend’s bridge at Westminster, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, police said. The dead man has been identified as 55-year old Robert Manner of 5737 West Minister. Police have since held his friend, 33-year old Kapil Datt, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The body of the man, who hacked his children to death last month at their East Bank Essequibo home, was Saturday found hanging, police said. The skeletal remains of the body of 26-year old Richard Lord were found hanging from a tree in a desolate and thickly vegetated area of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The University of Guyana (UG) is to advertise for a new Director of its Tain Campus, all but scuttling hopes of a return by Professor Daizal Samad. The professor submitted his resignation early last month at is expected to take effect from October 4. He is reported as saying that ...