Last Updated on Monday, 26 May 2014, 21:12 by GxMedia A three-lane system is being introduced from the Demerara Harbour Bridge to Houston beginning Tuesday, “in an effort to ease the traffic build-up during peak hours,” police said. The Guyana Police Force explained that the three-lane system will be from 7 AM to 9 AM and 5PM to 7 PM ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 May 2014, 14:28 by GxMedia A fisherman was early Independence Day- Monday- struck down and killed by a hit-and-run motor vehicle. He has been identified as 31-year old Fizul Houssin of Success, East Coast Demerara and 401 Foulis, East Coast Demerara. He was a driver. The dead man’s friend Kamaldin Hussain told Demerara Waves that ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 May 2014, 5:17 by GxMedia Guyanese and Surinamese police are searching for a woman named Bibi Khan who allegedly stole a nine- day old baby from her mother, Chief of Criminal Investigations, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said Sunday. He said shortly after the incident was reported, police had received word that a woman fitting Khan’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar has announced that Guyana would be referred to the global financial crimes watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – apparently one step away from being blacklisted as a country that is doing insufficient to fight  money laundering and countering financing of terrorism. Addressing the nation from the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyana is continuing its fight against cervical cancer, which claims up to 100 lives annually, through vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) and early detection and treatment of cancerous cells. Dr. Narine Singh, a resident student in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialisation programme being run by the Georgetown Public Hospital, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Concerns were Sunday evening raised about the slash in international funding for the fight against HIV and AIDS at 5th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial in Guyana. Addressing the event on the steps of the St. George’s Anglican Cathedral, Company Path, Georgetown; Vice Chair of the Coordinating Mechanism for the Global ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Founder member of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Ashton Chase has called on government to appoint a competent board to help oversee the loss-making Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). “If the present ownership remains, the first step in this direction is the appointment by the authorities of a dedicated, experienced and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Several RUSAL workers were injured early Saturday night when a bus turned over on the Mines Road,Kwakwani, according to sources in the bauxite community. Up to late Saturday night, X-rays were still being conducted on several of the injured persons. Four of the 10 occupants were admitted to the Kwakwani ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI) and Republic Bank Ltd on Saturday announced the completion of the financial arrangements by Republic Bank for a syndicated borrowing of US$27M in debt financing for AHI. This is for the construction of the Marriott operated hotel and the shell of an Entertainment Complex. Republic Bank, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two baggage handlers have been arrested in connection with the discovery of 2.2 kilogrammes of cocaine in the baggage-hold of a Toronto-bound Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft, a senior anti-drug agent said Saturday. The official said the baggage handlers are employed by a local handling company for  CAL at the Cheddi ...