Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Government has launched a probe into the operations of a shelter for children and battered women on the Corentyne, following allegations that three girls had previously fled the institution. President of Camal’s International Home for the Homeless and Battered Women, Carmen Kissoon has also alleged that the girls have threatened ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia As public servants gradually intensify protests against a five percent pay increase for this year, government’s spending of billions of dollars on wages and salaries is expected to come under scrutiny in the National Assembly. Opposition Leader, David Granger said A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would raise the issue ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two gold miners were Sunday night robbed and one of them was shot in the process by two bandits, police said. Investigators were told that about 11 PM Francis Mc Pherson, 38, of Lime Street, Georgetown, and Eon Bourne, 30, of Port Kaituma, North West District, were travelling on an ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) on Monday- International Anti-Corruption Day- organised a march through the streets of Georgetown to demand that government does more to combat the scourge. Notably absent were representatives of the Guyana government which has consistently shrugged off criticisms and low Corruption Perception ratings by TIGI ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A woman on Monday appeared in court in connection with the discovery of a large quantity of cocaine that was stuffed in Boulanger that was about to leave for Canada. 37-year old Badmattie Persaud of 46 Grass Field, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty when she appeared before Chief ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 December 2013, 17:49 by GxMedia Reproduced with permission from Sara Bharrat’s blog at http://sarabharrat.wordpress.com/ Many a bottom house raja and rani have told me that there is no race problem here in Guyana. They must really think that my belly is too full of that grassroots thing for me to not notice the hate, anger ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Persons with connections to the drug underworld were responsible for the gunning down of a former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier last month, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the 7.62 rifle that was used to fatally shoot 23-year old Denzil Mingo outside the Edge Night Club/ Hotel ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Seven months after a sawmill worker was found with his throat slit in a ramshackle living quarters at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara a prime suspect has been arrested and charged with murder. Shawn Tyson, 28, of Kallicharran Sand Pit Road, Soesdyke is expected to be arraigned Monday on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two men were shot dead in Diamond Saturday night during a shootout with police opposite the Diamond Police Station, East Bank Demerara shortly before they were about to rob a gold miner, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said that acting on information received that a robbery had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Retired Assistant Chief Education Officer, Maude Bullen-Mc Kenzie died on Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a period of illness. She was 69. A source said Bullen-Mc Kenzie, a diabetic, suffered kidney failure and was not responding to dialysis at two hospitals because of a clot that ...