Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2014, 21:46 by GxMedia The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Ministry of Agriculture have launched a crackdown on fishing vessels that are working illegally on the country’s coastal and inland waterways. The army said operators of nine fishing vessels, felt the brunt of law enforcement, when the GDF Coast Guard, in collaboration with ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2014, 21:30 by GxMedia CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has approved a Strategy and Plan to reduce the number of adolescent pregnancies in each country of the English- and Dutch speaking Caribbean by at least 20 %, over the five year period 2014 – 2019. The plan was developed by a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2014, 21:21 by GxMedia The Guyana Police Force on Friday reported 10 percent spike in murders and 16 percent increase in robbery under arms but an overall eight percent drop in serious crimes for the first seven months of 2014 compareed to the same period last year. Following is a summary of the latest ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2014, 21:15 by GxMedia A tractor driver on Friday  remained in police custody in connection with the death of a man who was travelling on trailer at Kwakwani, Berbice River. Police identified the dead man as Imtiaz Hussain. Investigatoers said that about 9 O’clock Thursday night, he fell off the rail of the trailer ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 August 2014, 21:10 by GxMedia Despite strident demands by the two parliamentary opposition parties for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to be reformed, they said Friday that they have no other option but to go into early general elections without most of their demands being unfulfilled. With the delivery of the Alliance For Change (AFC)-sponsored ...