Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (NEW YORK POST).-Say it ain’t so, Mr. Claus. A drunken homeless man — who cops say resembles Kriss Kringle — was charged Saturday with attempted murder for allegedly pushing an elderly stranger onto the subway tracks in Harlem. It was on the St. Nicholas Avenue line that cops say Rudralall ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana is providing thousands of acres of land in the Canje Basin for farmers and investors from Trinidad and Tobago to engage in large-scale agricultural development. The Government Information Agency (GINA) on Sunday reported that Trinidad and Tobago’s Agriculture Minister Devant Maharaj was told by Minister of Natural Resources and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) plans to lobby government to spend gold royalties on repairing the environment for the long-term benefit of the tourism sector. THAG President, Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento announced his organisation’s intention at the Guyana Tourism Authority’s annual award ceremony held at the Guyana International ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is questioning the independence of top officials of the judiciary who have been acting for several years now. TIGI Director Dr. Arif Bulkan said it most disturbingly a “significant deficiency” that since 2005 Guyana’s Chancellor and Chief Justice have been acting. “By no stretch ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were Sunday battling to save the life of an 18-year old motorcyclist who slammed into a utility pole. He is Akeem Ali of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Ali sustained serious head injuries and broken legs. A Computed Tomography (CT) Scan was due to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A man who allegedly attempted to rob a couple was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a plain clothes policeman. He has been identified as 20-year old Jamal Cromwell of Tucville, Georgetown. Cromwell was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he turned up there four hours ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two Guyanese nationals have been found guilty in the United States of for a US$14 million marijuana haul in the Caribbean Sea in September. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) states that Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent In Charge (SAC), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Soldiers are deployed in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne but this is not an anti-crime operation, Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips said Saturday. A number of persons passing through the municipality on Saturday were a bit uneasy by the heavy presence of soldiers. However, Phillips said the soldiers were on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Professor of Governance and Politics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Trevor Munroe wants donor countries and agencies to dig deeper to ensure that their taxpayers’ cash is not ending up in the pockets of corrupt politicians. Munroe, who is also Executive Director of National Integrity Action of ...