Last Updated on Friday, 25 July 2014, 18:01 by GxMedia The decomposed remains of a woman’s body found in a clump of bushes at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara might be those of a missing school teacher, according to investigators. The sources said a DNA test would have to be done to confirm whether the remains are those of 34-year old ...

Last Updated on Friday, 25 July 2014, 4:22 by GxMedia A man, who had carnal knowledge of a girl when she was eight years old, was Thursday sentenced to 25 years jail at the Berbice High Court. Justice Narendra Singh handed down the sentence to Talbert Mc Pherson of Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice after a mixed jury returned a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 25 July 2014, 0:36 by GxMedia Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Thursday signaled that government would move to the court to challenge House Speaker, Raphael Trotman’s decision to send Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh to the House’s Privileges Committee for spending money from the Consolidated Fund. Nandlall, in a statement, argued that the Speaker erred because ...

Last Updated on Friday, 25 July 2014, 0:07 by GxMedia The decomposed body of a female was Thursday evening found in a clump bushes at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, police sources confirmed. Police were processing the crime scene which is on a deserted road aback the Caribbean Community Secretariat Annexe, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. No one could immediately say who ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 23:26 by GxMedia As the countdown continues to the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) biennial congress, the names of several persons have been scratched off because they have not met the one-year membership criteria, party General Secretary Oscar Clarke said Thursday evening. This revelation came less than one day before the PNCR begins ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 21:24 by GxMedia Five persons were Thursday handed lengthy jail terms for robberies committed at the Bel Air Gardens home of city businessman, Malcolm Panday, three years ago. The five- including Panday’s mother-in-law Chadradha Rampersaud- were sentenced to four years each on two counts of robbery under arms but they will only serve ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 20:22 by GxMedia A group of young people in Guyana will get an opportunity to learn valuable animation skills through a project coordinated by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the regional headquarters said in a statement. The project, which is being implemented in collaboration with Animae Caribe and the Guyana Ministry of Culture, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 20:16 by GxMedia LIMA, July 24, 2014—Every week, public school students in Latin America and the Caribbean are deprived of the equivalent of one full day of class, according to a new World Bank report. The source: the low teacher effectiveness. Based on unprecedented research involving the observation of more than 15,000 classrooms ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 12:03 by GxMedia (WNBC-TV – NBCNewYork.com).-A 42-year-old Brooklyn woman has been charged in the killing of a missing mother of four whose partially dismembered body was found in a parking lot on Long Island earlier this month, police say. Leah Cuevas is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old Chinelle Latoya ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 July 2014, 0:47 by GxMedia Residents in Rupununi, southern Guyana can now tap into a GUY$60 million Investment Fund to fund a range of small and medium scale agriculture and tourism enterprised, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.Funding is being provided by the Guyana government, in collaboration with the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry ...