Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Sand miners were Saturday given a two-month ultimatum to put their houses in order or tough action would be taken to enforce the laws and regulations. “We will give you a two-month period because we recognise that for years upon years there was not sufficient attention paid to this area ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia “Sex workers rights are human rights”, “Sex work is work,”, “LGBT rights are human rights”,  “Anti-man rights are human rights” and “We want to justice,” were among the chants by members of the transgender and sex worker community who marched through sections of Georgetown to demand justice for the number ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana’s government and opposition are at one on the territorial sovereignty of the New River area but Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud says it will lift its “no-mining” policy for that area only after the mineral-make up is known. Persaud’s comments came almost two weeks after ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A woman five months pregnant was seriously injured when a Cessna 206 aircraft crashed on take-off Saturday morning at the Ogle International Airport. She has been identified as Tamika Munroe, 23, of Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. She was a passenger on the aircraft. The other passengers were Z. Ally (female) ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A mining pit collapsed Friday at Saint Elizabeth in Region Eight, critically injuring one miner.   James Henry,43, was late Friday night air-dashed to the city for emergency medical attention. He sustained injuries to his spine and lower back, according to well-placed sources.  Unconfirmed reports are that the man had been ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were up to late Friday night monitoring the condition of a 15-year old female Brickdam Secondary School student who ingested several carbon tablets this afternoon. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the young woman, who is preparing to sit the CSEC ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The man who allegedly grabbed a policeman’s service revolver, escaped and later shot dead another lawman who arrested him was Friday arraigned on a charge of murder. Delon Abrams was not required to plea to the indictable offence when he appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Police said he shot ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Authorities on Friday continued to address lingering concerns about stone shortage for the local construction sector during a meeting with quarry operators. The meeting with officials of the Natural Resources Ministry and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) came several months after a public spat between the Public Works ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Importers of vehicles and vehicle spares from Japan may have to produce certificates showing that their imports are free from worrying levels of radioactive material, in the wake of a shipment of Guyana-bound spares being seized in Jamaica because of elevated levels of radiation. “We will have to require certificates ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (JAMAICA GLEANER).-Jamaica Customs authorities have revealed that in the last 13 months, tests conducted at the nation’s ports have confirmed the presence of higher-than-normal levels of radiation in two shipments from Japan. The most recent case, according to Assistant Commissioner of Customs Velma Ricketts, came last month when a trans-shipment ...