Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Work at the gold-bearing Omai area is expected to begin later this month, Mahdia Gold Corporation announced on Monday. The company said its joint venture partner has already begun moving mining equipment from Georgetown, Guyana to Omai shortly after the beginning of 2014. “The equipment is currently being assembled and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia As preparations begin for protests in London and Georgetown against police brutality, a police constable who allegedly ruptured the anus and intestines of a detainee with a baton remained under close arrest, according to police sources. The sources said the matter was also engaging the attention of the Office of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Ministry of Education has announced that  12 schools in Georgetown and one in Region Three will remain closed on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 as a result of severe rainfall which has caused flooding of their compounds. The schools to remain closed are as follows: Georgetown 1. Tutorial High 2. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The 28-year old man, who stabbed to death his 16-year old girlfriend and dumped her body in a creek at Kuru Kururu, committed suicide near his mother’s residence on the Essequibo Coast, police said. Dead is Leon Rodrigues, a gold miner. Police said that the man’s body was founding hanging ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The baby girl who was abducted from a day care centre Monday afternoon was early Tuesday evening removed from a house at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, according to well-placed sources. Police were called in after the alleged abductor, Candace Adonis, turned up at a relative with four-month old Miracle Angel ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A man who alleged that a policeman ruptured his anus and intestines with a condom-covered baton is claiming compensation GUY$100 million compensation from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for injury and wrongful detention. Colwyn Harding,23, was allegedly “violently assaulted” on November 15, 2013 by a number of police officers, in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has been stressing the need for the United States (US) and the Guyana government to negotiate the US$1.2 million leadership and democracy project, a top official of the business organisation said Tuesday. PSC Chairman, Ronald Webster confirmed that a delegation last week met with the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A 10-year old girl who was riding a pedal cycle was struck down by a minibus and killed on the Bloomfield Public Road,  Corentyne.. Investigators said Saleena Anthony was hit  about 11 AM when she rode out of an access road unto the main road and into the path of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The search is on for a missing four month old baby after she was reportedly abducted by a nineteen year old female, said to be a teacher. Miracle Angel Price went missing around 3:30 Monday afternoon after she was picked up by a teen, Candace Adonis of Vigilance Play Field, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The body of a 16-year old girl was early Tuesday morning found floating in a creek at Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke, residents and police said. She has been identified as Raveena Cozier. Police said there were several stab wounds to the body which was found about 8 AM. A knife and ...