Last Updated on Monday, 30 June 2014, 21:39 by GxMedia An executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Monday said that the man, who allegedly supplied the bomb-in-walkie talkie that exploded and killed Dr. Walter Rodney, lied by claiming that he and three others were party members. Testifying before the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Dr. Nigel Westmas ...

Last Updated on Monday, 30 June 2014, 6:16 by GxMedia Dynamic Airways flight 499 touched down at 10:04 Sunday night at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport , ending two days of frustration by passengers on the inaugural flight who were stranded in New York. Passengers expressed mixed feelings about whether the American-owned Dynamic Airways, in partnership with Roraima Airways, should ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 June 2014, 7:45 by GxMedia Fire of unknown origin early Sunday morning destroyed a chowmein factory and several houses, West Bank Demerara. Several persons are now homeless and the Stabroek Chowmein Factory.

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 June 2014, 21:43 by GxMedia Guyana has escaped further international sanctions for the time being in light of its failure to pass amended anti-money laundering legislation. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) last month called on its members to impose further sanctions against the country after making a similar recommendation when the deadline for ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 June 2014, 13:42 by GxMedia The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is probing an alleged altercation between Venezuelan soldiers and a number of Guyanese civilians in the north west district, Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips said Saturday. He insisted that no Guyanese soldiers were involved in the incident because none of his country’s military personnel ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 June 2014, 12:05 by GxMedia More than 100 passengers are stranded in the United States (US) after enduring an hours-long delay to arrive there on Friday aboard Dynamic Airways’ inaugural flight to New York. Authorities at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) have ordered the airline grounded until Tuesday because of problems with the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 June 2014, 19:29 by GxMedia Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) pilot, Captain Gerry Gouveia on Thursday said he believed that he might have transported someone fitting the description of a now dead man who has been implicated in giving a bomb in walkie-talkie to political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney, that exploded and killed him 34 ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 June 2014, 16:21 by GxMedia The United States (US) is to set up an office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) here to help go after drug kingpins at a time when there is a shift in trafficking routes, American Ambassador Brent Hardt announced on Thursday. “There is definitely a shift to this region as ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 June 2014, 2:54 by GxMedia The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will next week discuss whether to back the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) proposed no-confidence motion whose passage could result in early general elections being called. APNU Vice Chairman, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine said he floated the idea of a no-confidence motion at ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 23:48 by GxMedia A member of the security forces, who allegedly had repeated sexual intercourse with his teenage daughters in exchange for money, has been placed under close arrest. In an effort to conceal the identities of the girls and not prejudice the probe, the name of the State security entity and the ...