Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 22:59 by GxMedia Former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr. Prem Misir, Ph.D., MPH, M. Phil, B.S.Sc. (Honours), FRSPH has been appointed Executive Director of the Health Sector Development Unit (HSDU), Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana, with effect from June 5, 2014. Dr. Misir has more than ten (10) years of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 22:50 by GxMedia Four engineers of the Sea and River Defence Department of the Ministry of Public Works are scheduled for a technical working visit to the United States of America. This was revealed by Public Works Minister Robeson Benn during a recent interview. “ The Minister was responding to a question regarding ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 22:22 by GxMedia Local Government Minister, Norman Whittaker and City Mayor, Hamilton Green openly differed on the elected councilors being sidelined by central government in crafting a clean-up plan and the acquisition of capital equipment. Whittaker refused to answer Green’s claims that millions of dollars have been spent on purchasing two second-hand waste ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 19:53 by GxMedia A Lance Corporal of City Constabulary is believed to have committed suicide after an investigation revealed that an estimated GUY$1 million had gone missing, well placed sources said. The body of 47-year old Compton Joseph was found in his house at Sophia, just days after a internal audit revealed that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 19:28 by GxMedia A prison escapee was Saturday morning caught in the gold-bearing area of Omai, Essequibo, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superindent Leslie James told Demerara Waves Online News that police got a tip-off that persons of ill reputation were in the area. He said initially police did ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 June 2014, 11:22 by GxMedia Forty four year old Wendell Liverpool is listed as critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after he was shot several times about the body. Speaking to Hospital Source, Demerara Waves understands that Liverpool of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown and a money changer on America Street, Georgetown was in the area ...