Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 19:43 by GxMedia A teenager was Friday convicted for robbing a couple in the Promenade Gardens and he was jailed for 50 months. He is Dwayne Christopher of 12A Rosemary Lane, West End (Tiger Bay) South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. The sentence was handed down by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman after he changed his plea ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 17:27 by GxMedia The smaller opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) has told President Donald Ramotar that it is going ahead with its vote of no confidence in the government that will inevitably see Guyana going into early general elections before year end if approved by the combined opposition-controlled House. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 14:25 by GxMedia (JAMAICA OBSERVER).-A number of flight delays have rocked Fly Jamaica Airways Limited over the past month, leaving passengers angry at the inconvenience. Yesterday, news emerged that a flight to New York from Georgetown, Guyana, scheduled to leave last Friday, was delayed for two days. Before that, on July 10, the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 11:39 by GxMedia Two females were seriously injured early Friday morning when the car in which they were travelling ran off the Ogle Public Road, crashed into a utility pole and flipped over. Their names were not immediately available. Public spirited citizens used tools to remove the persons from the wreck. One of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 3:50 by GxMedia In the wake of the discovery of the body of one the fishermen after what is believed to have been piracy, Guyanese police hope their Surinamese counterparts will deport the captain for him to be grilled by crime sleuths. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 July 2014, 2:07 by GxMedia The Guyana Police Force is currently investigating an armed attack on four officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s  (GRA) Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LIED) at around 23:25hrs Wednesday night in the vicinity of Dundee, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, the tax agency said in a statement. The GRA said the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 July 2014, 19:30 by GxMedia Colwyn Harding, who has sued the State for more than GUY$80 million for alleged torture and other constitutional infringements, on Thursday appeared in court on a charge of robbery with violence. He pleaded not guilty to the offence he allegedly committed on Cheryl-Ann Hope on July 9, 2014. Harding was ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 July 2014, 2:13 by GxMedia Rice farmers on the Essequibo Coast on Wednesday began receiving outstanding payments for paddy from Golden Fleece Rice Investment, even as government hoped that commercial banks would provide advances to the millers. Demerara Waves Online News was told that GUY$250 million were provided last week and GUY$150 million were disbursed ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 22:54 by GxMedia Two persons were killed Wednesday evening when a minibus ran off the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Dead are the driver, 29-year old Roger Hutson of Retrieve Linden and 36-year old Kathleen Marks who was a mother of four children.  Linden Hospital sources said two of the 13 injured persons were transferred to ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 22:15 by GxMedia A contingent of 42 Guyanese scouts is due to participate in the 15th Caribbean Scout Jamboree to be held later this month in Curacao, according to Assistant District Commissioner Theon Hope. The nine leaders and 33 Explorer and Venture Scouts are due to depart Guyana on Sunday, July 20, 2014. ...