Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) could in the coming days advise whether policemen accused of sexually assaulting a detainee with a baton almost four months ago would be charged. Police said the file was last week Friday sent back to the DPP’s Chambers after further investigations were conducted into ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A charge of receiving stolen property against the Head of Strategic Action Security Limited, Richard Kanhai has been dropped, Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman announced in the House on Monday. Trotman’s announcement was made several hours after he had allowed a question by A Partership for National Unity ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A Guyana-bound Caribbean Airlines flight was early Friday morning forced to make an emergency landing on the northern Caribbean island of Bermuda. The passengers only arrived home early Saturday morning. It was not immediately clear whether the same plane was repaired and given the green-light to proceed to Trinidad and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A former agent of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) was Friday arraigned on charges of being in illegal possession of arms and ammunition. Now a businessman, Roberto Osborne pleaded not guilty to the charges that he was in possession of one semi-automatic Smith and Wesson pistol and 11 matching ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Defence Lawyer for a man accused of fraud said his client was given more than GUY$1 million to bribe someone at the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Attorney-at-Law, Paul Fung-a-Fat made the claim during the court appearance of 32-year old Shimell Thomas on a charge of fraudulent ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 26-year-old Mabaruma woman was charged with attempting to murder her niece after accusing her of having an affair with her husband. The charged was read to Uenita Marcellino of Hubo Hill, Mabaruma, North West District by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry today and bail was refused. The matter was transferred ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyanese would soon be able to travel to the United States (US) almost hassle-free through the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, officials said. This new low-cost travel option is going to be made possible through Insel Air, according to the airline’s local handling agent, Roraima Airways. “One of the distinguishing ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The combined opposition Thursday afternoon voted against the GUY$1 billion Amerindian Development Fund (ADF) as the House continued to consider estimates of expenditure for the 2014 National Budget. Opposition parliamentarians questioned extensively how the money was expected to be spent. In the end they were dissatisfied with the answers provided ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The opposition-controlled National Assembly has voted down budgetary provisions for the construction of a state-of-the-art Specialty Hospital for the second straight year. The money for the facility to be built at Liliendaal was part of a GUY$1.3 billion allocation for regional and clinical services in the Ministry of Health’s budget. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A taxi driver is believed to have committed suicide at his workplace early Thursday morning. He has been so far only identified as “Junior”of Vergenoegen, He was in his 20s. A Citizen Reporter in the area said his body was found hanging from a shed in front of the White ...