Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two gunmen Thursday afternoon grabbed na GUY$8 million payroll belonging to the Public Works Ministry shortly after the clerk and the accompanying security guard arrived to pay casual workers. Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn said two bandits, armed with guns, assaulted the clerk and took away the security guard’s gun ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The issue of border security with neighbouring Suriname appeared to be taking centre stage surrounding government’s decision to grant permission to allow a privately-owned company to survey the New River area for a variety of minerals. But the Guyana government has ruled out the need to consult with the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A total of 269 persons have so far been fined for littering and illegal dumping of garbage for 2013. This was revealed by Chief Constable Andrew Foo on Tuesday in an interview with Clean & Green Guyana/ Guyenterprise. The articles that govern the institution of these fines are the Municipal ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack on Wednesday announced that she has ordered the re-opening of a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into a murder charge against Guyanese cricketer, Carlyle Barton. Barton is accused of shooting to death his friend, Shawn Nelson, on May 27,2013 on Orange Walk, Bourda. Close ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A man who allegedly murdered his mentally ill brother was Wednesday arraigned for the offence. 38-year old Neville France was not required to plea to the indictable charge when he appeared before City Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. Police say that he murdered 20-year old Richard France on December 12 at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A debt collector was Tuesday night robbed of an estimated GUY$1 million and his abandoned car was later found with a shotgun inside, police said.  Police sources said Imran Khan of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara was robbed by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, about 8:15 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana wants the United States (US) to clarify why it is apparently still engaged in activities under an American-funded project that government has abandoned on grounds that it was not properly consulted. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US$1.5 million Leadership and Democracy Project was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia There has been a four percent increase serious crimes largely to a spike in gun-related robberies in Georgetown, Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud said Wednesday. He made the disclosure at the Guyana Police Force’s annual awards ceremony held at the Tactical Services Unit Square, Eve Leary, Georgetown. “The area that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (TORRENT FREAK).-The Pirate Bay has set sail to a new domain for the third time in a week. After just a few days Peru decided to suspend the site’s .PE domain forcing the torrent site to move to the Guyana-based .GY ccTLD. The Pirate Bay team is not too worried ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A Caribbean-wide recognized aeronautical engineering school based in Guyana-now a full member of the United States-based Flight Safety Foundation- plans to train students in jet repair and maintenance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AWHWAES), Capt. Malcolm Chan-a-Sue made these announcements at ...