Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 1:40 by GxMedia One of the Guyanese, seriously injured in a vehicular accident in neighbouring Suriname earlier this week, was flown home on Wednesday and admitted to a city hospital, sources said. Vanessa Foo was said to be in serious condition, having sustained head injuries and a broken thigh bone. She was accompanied ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 1:22 by GxMedia Hotel Tower workers on Wednesday rejected a request by one of the principal directors of the company to return to work, demanding that they first be paid all outstanding wages and salaries. President of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), Sherwood Clarke said he and his General Secretary along ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 20:55 by GxMedia The 48-year old man who had  stabbed his reputed 19-year old wife earlier this month died on Wednesday, one day after he was arraigned for murder. Police said Robert Sandy of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, died at the New Amsterdam Prison. Sandy had been charged with the murder of Onika ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 20:32 by GxMedia There appears to be mounting circumstantial evidence that then Peoples National Congress (PNC) administration led by late Forbes Burnham killed Guyanese historian and opposition politician, Dr. Walter Rodney in 1980. Testifying before the Rodney Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday, veteran Guyanese politician and member of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 18:28 by GxMedia The arrest of the National Power Lifting Champion Colin “Mr Clean” Chesney in New York for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine in his stomach has embarassed his association, an official said Wednesday. The President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation, Peter Green said he was embarrassed by by the news ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 17:50 by GxMedia President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Warren Smith has singled out high energy costs as a major challenge to the region’s competitiveness. He made the assertion at the opening of the 44th Annual Meeting of the CDB’s Board of Governors on Wednesday at the Guyana International Conference Centre, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 2:42 by GxMedia Guyana has confirmed two cases of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease, in the Canje, Berbice area, according to Health Minister, Dr. Bheri Ramsarran. He was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying that in the wake of the discovery, a team has been dispatched to fog the area over ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 21:58 by GxMedia The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced that three outstanding Guyanese students have been accepted to the Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE) which is held on the campus of the UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados. They are Cecil Cox who topped the Caribbean in the Sciences in 2013, Benedict ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 21:54 by GxMedia Two miners accused of stealing two ounces of raw gold were Tuesday granted total bail of GUY$600,000. ,42, of Belfield Housing Scheme and Royston Herod of 10 Two Friends Village pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. They are accused of stealing the precious yellow metal ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 21:38 by GxMedia Hotel Tower Inc. is broke and promises to sell off some of its assets to pay workers wages and salaries owed to them for several weeks and months, the company said in a statement. “Steps are being taken to liquidate assets to cover these outstanding salaries owed to employees within ...