Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of the body of a gold miner with a piece of rope around the neck, police said. The dead man has been identified as 31-years old Rupert Gray. Investigators said his body was found Saturday, January 25, 2013 about 7 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The appointment of a new Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been stalled over the failure by commissioners to agree to a formula for determining who should be short-listed for interviews. It is now almost three months since 14 persons – including three Guyanese- applied for ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Dissatisfied with the Guyana Police Force’s public response to allegations that police brutally assaulted and sodomized a detainee with a baton, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) have issued separate calls for an independent probe. “Given the seriousness of the alleged offences, and the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Fashion designer Trevor Rose was shot dead Sunday morning. Information reaching Demerara Waves Online News from a reliable source said Rose was shot in Eccles, East Bank Demerara sometime before dawn. Two other persons were injured in the shooting.  Police later said that they recovered one 9mm. pistol and 19 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A security guard at the Lucky Dollar Store at Rose Hall, Corentyne was killed and several items stolen from the entity. “The building was broken into and several articles suspected to have been taken away which are yet to be ascertained,” police said in a statement. Demerara Waves was told ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The man, who allegedly shot dead a policeman Friday night, had one day earlier allegedly stolen a gun from a security guard in Sophia, police said. The policeman who was shot dead at Guyhoc Park about 11:30 PM has been identified as Constable 14127 Quincy Wright of Zeskendren, Mahaicony, East ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar was Saturday greeted by hundreds of protesters during his visit to Linden to open an office of the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP). Numerous policemen lined the area leading to the party’s office while protesters stood nearby with placards. The PPP’s office there was severely damaged by ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A supervisor of a fast-food business enterprise on Water Street was Saturday morning shot and seriously injured during an attempted robbery. Sources said 28-year old Jason Fraser was shot to his lower abdomen by the gunman who entered Shaker’s just next door to Giftland OfficeMax. he shooting occurred about10.30 AM. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips, Friday afternoon awarded on-the-spot promotions and special incentives to eight Other Ranks of the highly professional Three One Special Forces Squadron (31 SF Sqn), and another, from the Force’s G2 Branch. The ranks gained their promotions for exemplary performance and service with excellence, the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A policeman was Friday night shot dead in Tucville, Georgetown in what friends said was a triangular relationship. Dead is Dexter Orlando Wright who was attached to the Mounted Branch of the Guyana Police Force. Investigators were told that Wright was inside his girlfriend’s house at the same time another ...