Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2014, 17:36 by GxMedia Two men were arrested and a motorcycle seized as police intensified their investigations into the shooting death of a city businessman and injury to his wife Monday afternoon, police said. Ashok Raghu was pronounced dead on arrival shortly after the shooting incident about 1 PM on Vlissengen Road near the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2014, 15:24 by GxMedia A 10-year old student of Hosororo Primary School on Sunday died by drowning at the Wauna Bridge, a popular hangout spot in the Mabaruma sub-region. Dead is 10 Ajay Facktu, a Grade Five student. He had gone to the remote recreational area, along with several of his friends, to swim. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2014, 1:35 by GxMedia Opposition lawmaker, Joseph Harmon has taken up a challenge by the Commissioner of Forests, James Singh to debate the state of the forestry sector especially in light of ongoing criticisms about the role of the Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin (BSL), in the export of large amounts of logs. Harmon ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2014, 1:01 by GxMedia The Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Team has decided to contest the outcome of the second Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final played between the Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Tridents on August 16 at Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis, according to a release issued through Guyana Times. This ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2014, 0:30 by GxMedia The Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Hugh Denbow Sunday night said a number of operators have been fooling passengers that they are scheduled carriers operating to and from this South American country. “These operators present the greatest challenges to the regulatory agency because of their lack of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 August 2014, 14:58 by GxMedia Several persons were Sunday morning injured in a collision between a bus and a car at Port Kaituma, residents confirmed. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the accident occurred at Quarry Top, located about three miles from Central Port Kaituma. The car driver, Dave (only name) sustained broken limbs ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 17 August 2014, 11:02 by GxMedia (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-An attempt by Caribbean Airlines Limited to prevent three more persons from suing for personal injuries arising from the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 in Guyana three years ago, was denied by a US district court judge Wednesday (August 13) in Brooklyn, New York.  In a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 23:37 by GxMedia Leaders of  Guyana’s two major political parties have so far briefed participants in a  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Senior Command and Staff Course about the political, security, economic and educational state of the country. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee, in his interaction with the officers on Thursday, August 14, sought ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 22:44 by GxMedia Social change organisation, Blue CAPS, has launched its second Youth Leadership Development Programme at the Heavenly Light World Outreach Fellowship in Albouystown. The programme, which will be conducted over three weekends, is based on the Blue CAPS’ Building Communities Through Leadership Training and Service (BCLTS) curriculum. The event was launched ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 21:00 by GxMedia Panama has agreed to buy rice from Guyana during the next five years, with a total of 20,000 tons expected to be sold to that Central American country by year-end, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said Saturday. He explained that after Guyana would have exported 5,000 tons of white rice ...