Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 15:56 by GxMedia The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday announced that it has launched an investigation into an alleged assault of an Officer Cadet by his training instructors at the Colonel John Clarke Military School in Tacama. The incident allegedly occurred between Wed 13th August and Thu 14th August during a training exercise ...
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Ebola not reason for Nigerian refused entry
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 15:45 by GxMedia The management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is refuting claims on Facebook that a Nigerian man was refused entry to Guyana on Saturday because he was suspected of showing signs of the deadly Ebola virus. A senior CJIA official said immigration prevented the wheel-chair bound passenger from entering ...
Read More »Guyana to sell rice to Panama
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 0:39 by GxMedia Guyana is preparing to sell rice to Panama, amid lingering uncertainty about the future of the lucrative Venezuelan market. President Donald Ramotar told a news conference on Friday that details about the Panamanian rice market would be announced by Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. A few weeks ago I ...
Read More »UG’s Student Loans will be available before new academic year starts
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 0:32 by GxMedia In the face of a warning that the University of Guyana (UG) would have to shut down operations if the Ministry of Finance does not disburse money for student loans, President Donald Ramotar on Friday assured that the issue would be resolved before the new academic year begins. “The matter ...
Read More »DEA to assist Guyana in probing discovery of cocaine-smuggling sub- Pres. Ramotar
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 August 2014, 0:08 by GxMedia Agents of the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are expected to assist their Guyanese law enforcement counterparts in studying the implications of a homemade Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SSPS) vessel that was made in the Guyanese jungle to smuggle tons of cocaine to other parts of the world. President Donald ...
Read More »Speaker says No Confidence Motion in order; Ramotar plays election card close
Last Updated on Friday, 15 August 2014, 23:27 by GxMedia House Speaker, Raphael Trotman has given the green-light for the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against the government to be debated when parliament resumes less than two months from now, but President Donald Ramotar gave on Friday gave no clear indication of whether he would call elections before. “I like to make ...
Read More »Manufacture of cocaine-smuggling sub appeared well-organised
Last Updated on Friday, 15 August 2014, 18:53 by GxMedia Guyanese soldiers and agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) believe that a well-organised group was behind the construction of a semi-submersible vessel that would have been used to smuggle a huge amount of cocaine from Guyana on a Trans-Atlantic route. No illegal item was found aboard the vessel ...
Read More »Updated: Cocaine-smuggling submarine built in Guyana signals big drug groups shifting operations here
Last Updated on Friday, 15 August 2014, 2:02 by GxMedia Guyanese law enforcement authorities believe that a cocaine-smuggling submarine found in the Waini area, North West District was made in Guyana to move large amounts of cocaine to Africa and other parts of the world.Officials said the 65-feet long by 12 feet wide and seven feet deep semi-submersible was also ...
Read More »Search continues for missing crew- authorities
Last Updated on Friday, 15 August 2014, 0:40 by GxMedia Rescuers intensified a search Thursday for the two men who remained missing after a Motor Tanker ‘Swift Dolphin’ capsized off the Corentyne Coast in Guyana waters, the Transport and Harbours Department said in a statement. The vessel, which was sailing to Georgetown from Suriname, capsized on Tuesday August 12, 2014 ...
Read More »Threatening behaviour charge against alleged shooter at PNCR’s Congress dismissed
Last Updated on Friday, 15 August 2014, 0:34 by GxMedia A threatening behavior charge against the man, who was accused of firing a single gunshot during the People National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) 18th Biennial Congress last month, was Thursday dismissed because the lone witness did not appear to testify. City Magistrate, Geeta Chandan-Edmond dismissed the case against Linden Primo after ...
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