Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has announced a new political strategy to attract more non-members in the hope of regaining its parliamentary majority at the next general and regional elections. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee said the Marxist-Leninist oriented party has decided to establish a “broad left, progressive, democratic ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Training of members of the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) team by a United States (US) company is expected to begin later this month, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee announced on Friday. The Home Affairs Minister said an organisational needs assessment for the unit has been completed while actual ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia An international operation has resulted in the interception of a Guyanese trawler with a large quantity of marijuana and the arrest of six Guyanese and one Surinamese, well-placed sources said Friday. The trawler, Kaminey, was arrested in international waters through cooperation among United States, British and Guyanese agencies last weekend. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Four persons were early Friday morning shot in Albouystown, Georgetown, according to well-placed sources. They are 29-year old Courtney Sandy, 20-year old Nikita Glasgow, Randy Bharrat and an unidentified female. Sandy was shot to the shin bone, Glasgow to one of her feet and Bharrat to his left side and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Home Affairs Ministry on Thursday feared that firearms and ammunition are being smuggled inside the Georgetown Prison as part of a plot being hatched to cause mayhem. Rohee vowed that every effort would be made to disrupt those plans by searching for firearms at any prison. “Nefarious plans and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A 16-year old boy is feared drowned after he disappeared from the Kitty Jetty shortly before 6 PM Thursday, his mother said. He has been identified as Jerome Sturge of 32 East Ruimveldt Front Road, Squatting Area, Margaret Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com). Sturge’s mother said she first ...