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Monthly Archives: June 2014

House of Israel broke up meetings, received guns from PNC-led administration- says fmr cult leader Joseph Hamilton

Last Updated on Monday, 2 June 2014, 20:20 by GxMedia Former senior member of the House of Israel, Joseph Hamilton – now a parliamentarian for the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)- on Monday admitted that he and other members of that African Guyanese cult had broken up a number of Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) meetings. He began his testimony ...

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Alleged child thief pleads not guilty

Last Updated on Monday, 2 June 2014, 17:22 by GxMedia The woman, who allegedly fled with a nine-day old baby boy from his mother, was Monday charged with child stealing. Baitoon “Debbie” Hoosain of Chesney Village Front, Corentyne pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrates Court. The 47-year ...

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Security guard shot, robbed of cheap cellphone

Last Updated on Monday, 2 June 2014, 1:37 by GxMedia A security guard was shot and injured Sunday night by two men who robbed him of his cellular phone valued GUY$3,000, relatives said. Relatives said 24-year old Terrence Phillips of Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, and Sophia sustained gunshot injuries to his abdomen. He is an employee of Pritipaul Singh ...

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Contractor, wife narrowly escape death in hit-and-run

Last Updated on Monday, 2 June 2014, 1:19 by GxMedia A contractor and his wife, who were riding home after visiting her overseas-based grandmother, encountered a close shave with death when a car slammed into the couple on the Atlantic Ville Public Road and sped away from the scene early Sunday night. Those injured are 29-year old Sharmila Baksh and ...

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Guyana govt lashes WICB’s balls on Cricket Administration Bill, removal of WI-NZ Test

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 June 2014, 22:54 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Sunday expressed deep concern at the decision by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to relocate the 3rd Test Match with New Zealand and denied the governing body’s assertion that the recently passed Cricket Administration Bill would result in governmental interference in the management of the ...

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Alleged baby abductor faked pregnancy

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 June 2014, 16:11 by GxMedia The woman, who abducted the baby boy from his mother eight days ago, had allegedly faked a pregnancy and turned up to her common-law husband with the newborn, Demerara Waves has learnt. The less than one month old child was rescued Sunday about 9 AM by police who swooped down ...

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AFC broadsides govt for cricket ban on Guyana

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 June 2014, 11:18 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Sunday castigated government for Guyana being blacklisted by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The Antigua-based WICB has announced that the New Zealand Test match would be moved from Guyana because the recently passed Cricket Administration Bill essentially allows for governmental interference in the ...

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WICB shifts New Zealand Test from Guyana

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 June 2014, 2:19 by GxMedia ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board on Saturday announced that it has pulled the New Zealand test match from Guyana after the board and the Donald Ramotar administration failed to reach agreement on the independent governance of cricket in the country. “As a consequence the WICB is ...

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