Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Monday announced that several areas would be without electricity until later in the day because of two of its generators have developed “mechanical difficulties” at the same time that another unit at Kingston is being overhauled. The power company hopes to restore ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Leader of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Monday denied that he and a select group of persons have facilitated the proposed sale of a portion of the party’s land aback its headquarters at Sophia. “I was not involved in any negotiations. All matters of this nature ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia In the wake of alleged police brutality meted out to an American ex-servicewoman at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), there are conflicting accounts about whether the woman was booked to travel on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Miami last Saturday. Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The one-time lone handwriting expert in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) died on Sunday after he was stung by Africanised bees while weeding his backyard , a source said. He has been identified as Retired Sergeant Ivor Thomas of Fellowship, West Coast Demerara. Thomas was rendered unconscious and was rushed ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two soldiers were Sunday afternoon shot and injured accidentally at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Tacama Training School, Berbice, the army confirmed. The injured are Lt Othneil Hope and Recruit Vernon Harding. Both ranks are currently at the GPHC receiving treatment for their injuries. The GDF said that approximately 4:30 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A former member of the United States (US) military was allegedly badly beaten by police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after she behaved violently and posed a flight risk, a usually reliable airport source said Sunday. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at the check-in area e where ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Many wells in the Rupununi have dried up and several villages in the north are running very low on food due to the prolonged dry spell caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, residents said on Sunday. The Amerindian Affairs Ministry and other government agencies are said to be watching ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia An East Bank Demerara bus conductress was Sunday morning found dead in a drain a short distance from her home at Craig Village. She has been identified as Macie Cummings and was said to be in her 40s. She lived at Third Street, Craig Village but her body was found ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia CAMBRIDGE (THE BOSTON GLOBE) — Whenever anyone asks Priscilla Gonsalves whether it is worth it — and they always ask when they learn she is a child protection worker in some of the grittiest communities in the South American nation of Guyana — she begins her reply with: “There is this ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The body of an elderly man was early Saturday morning removed from a drain on Mandela Avenue in the vicinity of Meadow Brook Drive. He has been identified as Victor Forde. He is the brother of former Peoples National Congress Reform (PNC) stalwart, Trevlyn Moore. The man, said to have ...