Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two Jamaicans who allegedly attempted to import almost 30 kilogrammes of  marijuana to Guyana by air were Monday arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), police said. “The man and woman have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations,” a Guyana Police Force spokesman said ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Well-known radio disc jockey, Curtis “Casual” Armstrong was early Monday morning shot and injured at the Providence Cricket Stadium, sources confirmed. The incident occurred shortly before 4 AM.  Sources said the 34-year old man sustained injuries to his abdomen, left side and left arm after several rounds were discharged. He ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A man at Port Kaituma early Easter Monday morning shot and killed his common-law wife in the presence of their children before turning the gun on himself. The victims have been identified as 62-year old Victor Perez and 39-year old Pamela Martin. The  man used an improvised shot gun to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia It is turning out to be a fiery Easter, with two houses having been destroyed on Easter Sunday.  In the first one, a visually impaired man was rescued from his burning house at 12th Street, Dazell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. That fire occurred about 4 AM. Eyewitnesses said Roy ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A pregnant mother and her four children were rendered homeless Holy Saturday afternoon when fire destroyed a one flat building at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The head of the household has been identified as Tonza Woolford. She has been employed as a Meat Handler for several years now at Nigel’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) will be participating in the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Guyanese politician, Dr. Walter Rodney because that organisation is interested in bringing closure to the more than 30-year old incident, a senior official said Saturday. “Regardless of what we may think, this ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Royston King, who acted as Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality, is being accused of signing a waiver for GUY$36 million in interest without authority and on a date preceding his short-lived appointment. But a source close to King has defended him, saying that the letter dated July 13,2012 might ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia (JAMAICA OBSERVER).-ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada police have formally charged a Guyanese-born journalist with two counts of stealing, forgery and uttering a forge document. Police said that Rawle Nelson, who in July 2013,  began working as a consultant and managing editor with Moving Target, the company which owns Meaningful ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A resident of Craig Village, East Bank Demerara was early Good Friday morning shot by one of three armed intruders at his home, police said. Amarnauth Ramdeen, 19, has been hospitalized for a gunshot injury to his right elbow. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said the young man was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Heads of the police and defence forces are expected to be among the first group of persons to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into the death of world-renowned historian and Guyanese political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney. An official of the commission told Demerara Waves Online News that the immediate ...