Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A man Friday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself in his mouth on the East Coast Demerara Seawall in the vicinity of Conversation Tree. He has been identified as 71-year old Robert Marvin Wight, a resident of Bel Air Gardens. Investigators said Whyte, a retired employee of a major beverage ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The United States Coast Guard has wrapped up an initial site survey of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard with the aim of providing a variety of support under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), the embassy here said in a statement on Friday. “This week’s initial site survey brought ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia If a plane crashes at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) how effective will be the rescue response? On November 6, 2013, the CJIA said in a statement that a full scale preparedness exercise will be unleashed to testthe airport’s emergency responses while providing hands-on experience for airport and airline staff, hospitals, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The outstanding land and river border dispute between Guyana and Suriname featured somewhat prominently in the early hours of a visit by the Speaker of that Dutch-speaking neighbour’s National Assembly, Dr. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons. Geerlings-Simons, who is a key figure in President Desi Bouterse’s National Democratic Party (NDP), stressed the importance ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Ten rounds oif assault rifle ammunition have been found at the Guyana Defebec Force’s (GDF) but the army is yet to confirm whether they were those that went missing. Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips said the rounds would have to be compared with existing batches to confirm whether they ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana has copped five of the eight regional awards being offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced on Thursday. They are Yogeeta Persaud – Anna Regina Secondary School, Overall Outstanding Achievement; Rafena Mustapha – Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Most Outstanding in Humanities; Cecil Cox – ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A 21-member team of medical specialists from the United States-based George Washington University Hospital is in Guyana for an outreach that will include complex surgeries and training, according to the Ministry of Health. The team will conduct continuing screening as the number of patients to be treated is expected to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A student of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) was electrocuted Wednesday night while plugging in a washing machine, his father said. The 17-year old boy has been identified as Azam Inshan of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice. He was a second year student pursuing studies in Internal Combustion Engineering. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (CITIZENS VOICE).-An illegal immigrant from Guyana will spend more than eight years in federal prison for dealing drugs in Wilkes-Barre, a city in Pennsylvania, United States in 2011. U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Augustine DeCruz, 59, to eight years and eight months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorneys ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia An accountant of Metro Office Supplies was Thursday arraigned and placed on GUY$250,000 bail on a charge of stealing more than GUY$10 million from his employer. 56-year old Rabindranaugh Seenarine was not required to plea to the charge of stealing GUY$10,758,094. He appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Attorney-at-Law, Yogenand ...