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 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Newly appointed Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL, Komal Samaroo on Monday said the company would revive a campaign against selling rum to underage persons and would be willing to contribute to the rehabilitation of alcoholics. “Some parts of the country we ran into a particular challenge in getting retailers ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The man, who allegedly shot dead his ex girlfriend on Old Year’s Night, was caught early Thursday morning moments before he was about to flee to Suriname, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the man was arrested at the Springlands back track, Corentyne River. He has been identified ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana Tuesday night- Old Year’s Night- recorded what might have been its last reported homicide when a man shot his female companion in her head, police said. She is 20 year old Carlissa Matthews of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The incident occurred near KFC, Water Street, Stabroek about 11:45 PM. Investigators ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A Linden businesswoman is entering the New Year without her only means of livelihood because a squib resulted in her small shop being burnt down. May Anthony says remnants of a squib among the charred remains of her shop at the Mackenzie Bus park proves the cause of the fire. ...