Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 21:07 by GxMedia House Speaker, Raphael Trotman on Tuesday hoped that the new American Ambassador to Guyana would support the work of the Parliament. That desire was expressed to outgoing United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Dr. D. Brent Hardt,when he formally bade farewell to Trotman at a courtesy call on Tuesday, 17th ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 20:50 by GxMedia (NJ.COM WEBSITE) A 37-year-old Connecticut man tried to smuggle nearly 5 pounds of cocaine in the handle rails of his bag on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said. Warren Hawk, of East Hartford, Conn., was stopped for further inspection on June 5 after U.S. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 20:46 by GxMedia A third senior official of the state-owned  National Communications Network (NCN) has been sent packing in as many years  after she was implicated in wrongdoing at the radio and television outfit. Chief Executive Officer, Molly Hassan, when contacted by Demerara Waves Online News,  would only confirm that the Administrative Manager’s ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 19:40 by GxMedia Guyana’s National Chess Coach was Wednesday arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to rob. Twenty-five year old Wendell Meusa of 142 Guyhoc Park, Georgetown was granted GUY$150,000 bail and ordered to return to court on July 2. By then, statements would be provided. Police Prosecutor, Joel Ricknauth did ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 17:34 by GxMedia The Education Ministry on Wednesday said Caribbean Secondary Education (CSEC) results would not be delivered to students unless they return textbooks that had been loaned to them. “Students who fail to return the textbooks, which were loaned to them by their school, will not be able to access their CXC ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 16:12 by GxMedia Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh is taking steps to restore monies that were not approved by the opposition-controlled National Assembly, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon announced on Wednesday. Luncheon told a news conference that the Finance Minister would be relying on rulings by the High Court on budget cuts. “The ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 14:53 by GxMedia The way has been cleared for the top 25 University of Guyana (UG) Law Degree graduates to gain automatic entry to the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law School, Attorney General Anil Nandlall confirmed on Wednesday. He said a decision was also taken for an additional 10 UG Law Degree graduates, who ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 0:22 by GxMedia Today, Tuesday June 17, 2014 at approximately 04:09hrs, main switchgear within the Anna Regina Power Station had to be taken out of service following a flash over on a busbar insulator and resulting fire. As a result, the entire Essequibo Coast was without power while the extent of the damage ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 0:09 by GxMedia An exceedingly rare 19th Century postage stamp from a British colony in South America has sold for a record $9.5m (£5.6m) at auction in New York. It took only two minutes for the British Guinea one-cent magenta stamp to be sold to an anonymous bidder, The stamp had been sold ...