Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Guyana Prize for Literature 2012 was announced in five categories at the awards ceremony held at the Pegasus Hotel Sunday night. Professor Jane Bryce welcomed the holding of writers’ workshops to help improve the quality of literary works. She shared the view that those workshops appeared to have strengthened ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Brigadier Mark Phillips was Monday morning sworn in as the new Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), promising to ensure that the military remains the “stable band” in the country. “The Guyana Defence Force remains in good hands. We will continue to be the stable band of our Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The man, who was killed by police Monday morning in Meten Meer Zorg, West Coast Demerara was a key suspect in the robbery-murder of an East Coast Demerara businessman seven years. He has been indentified as Kirk Bacchus of Paradise Village, East Coast Demerara. Two other persons have been arrested ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two months after a 22-year old man returned from French Guiana, he was killed while speeding in Albouystown, Georgetown. A saddened Gem Hall said 22-year old Ralph “Cashew” Stewart slammed into three utility poles at James and Campbell Streets, Albouystown and suffered severe facial and head injuries. His three sisters ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A Corentyne businessman was Sunday killed and left in a bond and his wife battered before four bandits carted off GUY$700,000 in cash and jewels, relatives said. He has been identified as 79-year old Abdul Majid of Number 70 Village, Corentyne. Sunday’s killing is the latest in a series of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A veteran political activist has appealed to African Guyanese men to stop domestic violence and instead participate in community efforts to combat illiteracy and create booming village economies instead of depending on East Indian communities. Political Science Professor, David Hinds told a public meeting in Melanie Damishana, a predominantly African ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The same assault rifles were fired at the two recent robberies at Wakenaam and Meten-Meer-Zorg that left one person injured and another dead. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said ballistic tests show that the identical 7.62 MM guns were used at the Wakenaam residence of 40-year old Rohan “Anand” Dhanayshure ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Three policemen were injured in a collision in Georgetown and one of them has been hospitalised in a critical condition, according to sources. Information about the circumstances surrounding the accident at Church and Light Streets are sketchy. So far, police has issued no statement. 23-year old Seon George sustained serious ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-The National Foodcrop Farmers’ Association (NFFA) says it is planning a major protest to object to the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the T&T and Guyana governments that will provide 10,000 acres of land in Berbice for immediate agricultural production. A further 90,000 acres of Guyana’s land ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia BK Quarries on Saturday said the high price of stone was due to increased operational costs. Sales and Marketing Manager, Briony Tiwari said that based on fuel, spares and maintenance, her company was selling stone with a target price of GUY$8,500 per ton. She assured that if those variable input ...