Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia At least three important members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) have defected to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after sharp irreconcilable differences about campaign strategies and party management. The are Economist, Tarron Khemraj, businessman Rab Mukraj and Political Science Professor, Asquith Rose. Former soldier Malcolm Harripaul, who had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana is treating climate change mitigation as one of its key concerns in talks with donor partners as it prepares for another billion-euro round of funding from the European Union. The media was Wednesday briefed on a two-day preparatory meeting ahead of the 11th European Development Fund [EDF] Programming Seminar ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia (SUN SENTINEL).-A Broward jury on Tuesday convicted a Pembroke Pines man of the murder of his adoptive mother, rejecting a defense claim that he had consensual sex with the victim and then passed out while someone else killed her. Gerard Lopes Belmonte, 23, was found guilty of second-degree murder after ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A minibus conductor was Tuesday night killed and 11 others injured when the vehicle he was working on collided with a car in Georgetown. He was identified as Gavin De Ali, 22, of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara. The accident occurred at the intersection of Brickdam and Louisa Row. Eyewitnesses ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Rear Admiral, Gary Best on Tuesday called on government to overhaul the way it allocates resources to the security sector and urged that the air and maritime wings be strengthened up. “Therefore, from a defence perspective, it is critical that a constant and sharp eye be placed on aviation and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The handgun allegedly found in possession of a man who the police gunned down at Meten-Meer-Zorg was used at the scene of the robbery-murder in that West Coast Demerara village, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said ballistic tests conducted on spent shells found at the scene of Vicky ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday urged government to give BK International a fair chance to prove that it can satisfy local stone demand, in the wake of claims that there is a shortage. “In this particular case, the Ministry of Public Works should concede the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A major crackdown on a criminal network on the Essequibo Islands and West Coast Demerara continued overnight and several persons have confessed to a robbery-murder and armed robbery, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said a wanted bulletin would be issued for the suspected mastermind who fled into a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Ten acres of marijuana plants were Monday destroyed and two men were arrested, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said two men are to be charged in connection with the two fields of marijuana at Yarrowkabra, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. Sources said they told police that they were labourers who ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Thirteen suspects were Monday arrested and one handgun seized in connection with two recent armed attacks that left one person dead and another injured. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said a 9MM handgun and six rounds of ammunition were found in possession of one of the men who is a ...