Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two men charged with breaking and entering Guyana Stores and stealing several items valued at GUY$3.8 million were Thursday placed on a total of GUY$600,000 bail. Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted taxi driver Troy Harris and Adrian Daley their pre-trial liberty shortly after they were arraigned and pleaded not guilty ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Cricket Board has moved to the High Court to block the National Assembly from passing legislation that will govern the administration of the game in the country, House Speaker Raphael Trotman announced on Thursday. Trotman said that while debate on the Cricket Administration Bill has been adjourned to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyana and Brazil are inching closer towards determining whether it is feasible to improve a road-link between the two countries and build a hydro-electric plant in the interior. Delivering a statement to the House on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced that a Technical Working Group between the two ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 41-year old permanent resident of Canada on Thursday denied she was in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and was remanded to prison. She is 41-year old Ashery Corbin of 2944 Lakeshore Boulevard West, Toronto, Canada and 125 Bagotsville, West Bank Demerara. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Priya ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Coast Guard and Air Corps are being beefed up to assist in border patrols and internal security such as combating piracy and crimes in the mineral-rich interior. Addressing the opening of the army’s annual officer’s conference on Thursday, Chief of Staff  Brigadier Mark Phillips said ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A young auto dealer late Wednesday night crashed into a bridge at Kara Kara Bridge, Linden and died on the spot, eyewitnesses said. He has been identified as Lloyd Smith also known as Junior Stoby of Silvertown. Smith was riding a CBR motorcycle when he crashed into the bridge about ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The decomposed body a young woman, who was reported missing, was found early Wednesday night in an East Coast Demerara cemetery. The woman has been identified as 19-year old Patricia Young of 52 Bachelors Adventure, East Coast Demerara. Investigators said that after her boyfriend, Jamal Garnett, made a missing person’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 27-year-old welder on Wednesday fined and jailed after he pleaded guilty to grabbing two silver chains from a man on Mash Day. City Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond fined Quincy Letlow GUY$50,000 and sentenced him to nine months imprisonment. The penalties were imposed after Letlow, of 13 West Ruimveldt, admitted that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday said he was willing to strike a compromise to ensure that amendments to the anti money laundering legislation are passed by Thursday, but the opposition has said it cannot trust the government because of its poor track record. “In the discussions today, they wanted me ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Kingston, Jamaica: Research carried out by Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), University of the West Indies, has found that the 2013 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) tournament generated a combined impact of US$105.6m across the region. CPL launched last year to sell-out crowds, with over 250,000 spectators attending matches across Antigua, ...