Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 21:34 by GxMedia Police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of a woman at her Plaisance home, East Coast Demerara. Investigators said jewellery and electronic equipment were missing from the home of 57-year old Jennifer Ann Mendonca. Her body was found about 9 O’clock Friday night in her home with ...
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North Ruimveldt man shot during escape from criminals
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 21:30 by GxMedia A man was shot and injured as he tried to escape from two men who pounced on him early Saturday morning as he was about to enter his yard. Clifton Anderson, 50, told police that about 1:45 Saturday morning he was about to enter his North Ruimveldt yard in his ...
Read More »Ghana to import timber from Guyana
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 21:05 by GxMedia (GHANAWEB.COM).- Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Serwaa Asamoah has indicated that government will soon commence the importation of timber into the country. Serwaa Asamoah disclosed this at the 5th edition of National Forest Forum-Ghana (NFF-G) in Dodowa on Thursday. She said timber products on the domestic market ...
Read More »East Coast Demerara woman dies in road accident
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 20:56 by GxMedia A 26-year old woman was killed in a gruesome accident on the Non Pariel Main Road, East Coast Demerara when a car slammed into her after the driver avoided hitting another female. The victim has been identified as 26-year old Navita Ishram of Non Pariel. Police said the woman was ...
Read More »PNCR’s youth arm elects new chairman
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 20:46 by GxMedia The Guyana Youth and Student Movement, the youth arm of the Peoples National Congress Reform today (9th August 2014) held it Biennial Congress at the Party’s Headquarters Sophia. The Congress was held under the theme “One Movement, One Partnership, One Nation,” the PNCR said in a statement. In his farewell ...
Read More »Guyana’s economic growth to drop this year due to lower gold declaration
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 20:37 by GxMedia Guyana’s economic growth this year is expected to drop to 4.5 percent due to a decline in gold declaration, driven largely by a slump in the international price for the precious metal, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh said Saturday. He said the economy was now projected to record a 4.5 ...
Read More »Brazil’s Vice Consul dies in collision in Lethem
Last Updated on Saturday, 9 August 2014, 12:51 by GxMedia Brazil’s Vice Consul to Guyana , Theotonio Santa Cruz de Oliveira died Saturday morning following a vehicular collision in Lethem that also left the daughter of a top Region Nine official and her children in a critical conditon, multiple sources have confirmed. Residents in the southern Guyanese township said the ...
Read More »Coast Guard, Agri Ministry launch crackdown on illegal fishing vessels
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 ...
Read More »Caricom, UNFPA craft strategy to reduce adolescent pregnancy
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 ...
Read More »Overall reduction in serious crimes, but increased murders, armed robberies
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 ...
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