Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Lethem is experiencing widespread blackout for several hours due to a fuel shortage because a bridge collapse one week ago has prevented a tanker from continuing its journey to the southern border township. Region Nine Chairman, Wilson Lorentino hoped that workers would complete a bypass to allow the fuel tanker ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Even as uncertainty surrounds the future of Hotel Tower, the Ministry of Labour plans to investigate why workers there have not been paid wages and salaries for some time and take steps to ensure that this is done. Several workers, including managers and supervisors, on Saturday stood outside the front ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Chaos broke out in the New Amsterdam prison Friday afternoon when a prisoner entered a number of cells and chopped at least four prisoners , leaving them in a critical condition. The perpetrator is known only as ‘Shoulders’.  A police source told Demerara Waves that around 5:30 PM the murder ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyana and Argentina on Friday announced a tourism training and management of protected areas exchange programme between the two South American countries. “All these initiatives follow into the broad goal of increasing the depth and scope of the technical cooperation between Guyana and Argentina, in this particular case in tourism ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor, Professor Jacob Opadeyi on Thursday confirmed that if the institution does not get money from the Student Loan Fund, a number of programmes might have to be stopped and lecturers sent home. Opadeyi confirmed that no new contracts would be issued to academic staff ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A quantity of cocaine was Thursday afternoon found in the baggage hold of a Caribbean Airlines plane shortly after it arrived here from a sister Caribbean country, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport said in a statement. The airport authority said two packages of cocaine weighing 2.2 kilogrammes were discovered on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A woman, who allegedly attempted to smuggle a quantity of marijuana and cocaine to Barbados, on Friday pleaded not guilty to being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Anastasia Latoya Crawford,19, of 29  Fort Street, Kingston, was remanded to prison until May 27 when she would appear ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on Friday teamed up with the Ministry of Culture in a GUY$10 million project aimed at promoting the country’s art collection. Curator at the National Art Gallery, Ohene Koama told Demerara Waves Online News that the themed Panorama-Portrait of Guyana -‘coffee table’ magazine ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) on Friday threatened to shut down the tertiary institution if its administration goes ahead with plans to cease a number of programmes  “We intend to close the the university down,” said UGSSA Chairman, Dr. Patsy Francis. She said she did not support ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Police were Friday hunting a suspect in the killing of a man from Moblissa, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The dead man has been identified as 37-year old Danand Daniels of Moblissa. The incident occurred about 4:45  Thursday afternoon in his village. Investigators were told that Daniels and another  man were involved in ...