Last Updated on Saturday, 21 February 2015, 15:53 by GxMedia Director General of Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Elisabeth Harper is the prime ministerial candidate for the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) at the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections.The announcement was made by President Donald Ramotar, with her next to his side, at the PPP’s Headquarters, ...
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David Granger: A profile on the move
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 February 2015, 12:07 by GxMedia There is guarded hope for progress in this society; it resides with David Granger. The reasons for this growing belief are manifold; a few are shared. Amidst the tumult over coalescing or not coalescing he was the picture of unruffled calm. During the swirling, at times intemperate, public discussion of ...
Read More »Toshao’s alleged rape of teenage girl occurred long before Ramotar’s planned visit
Last Updated on Saturday, 21 February 2015, 1:03 by GxMedia In the wake of claims that the arrest of the Toshao of Moco-Moco was linked to his refusal of President Donald Ramotar’s visit to that Rupununi village, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Friday night said the alleged sexual assault was committed long before the planned visit. Thirty-two year old Mark ...
Read More »Toshao, who refused Ramotar’s visit, arrested for alleged rape
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 22:14 by GxMedia The Moco Moco Village Chief, who prevented President Donald Ramotar from visiting his Rupununi community at short notice, was Friday afternoon arrested as part of a probe into alleged rape of a minor. Police said they received a report that the Amerindian village leader allegedly raped a 14-year old girl ...
Read More »Jagdeo appointed to top government position
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 21:32 by GxMedia In the face of mounting speculation about the future role of Former President Bharrat Jagdeo in the administration of Guyana, he has been appointed to Chair a National Economic Council free of cost and also help craft the manifesto of his ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) for the May ...
Read More »UPDATED: Seven killed in accident at Burma, Mahaicony
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 20:40 by GxMedia A teacher and six students of a school at Mahaicony on Friday were believed dead after the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a canal at Burma main road, police said. Investigators were told that about 3:30 PM, the bodies of a school teacher and six students of the ...
Read More »Georgetown Nursing School students protest relocation
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 19:43 by GxMedia A number of students of the Georgetown School of Nursing on Friday protested their relocation to the institution’s Annexe in another part of the city, but a senior official said the move has become necessary to accommodate University of Guyana medical students. When the students were informed Friday, they vented ...
Read More »Two miners shot, bandits leave empty handed
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 18:33 by GxMedia Bandits shot two men in a mining camp in the North West District before leaving empty handed, police said. “They demanded gold but they didn’t get anything,” police spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker told Demerara Waves Online News. Police in a statement said two men armed with a handgun and a cutlass entered ...
Read More »Opposition coalition yet to agree on symbol
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 17:58 by GxMedia The opposition coalition plans to retain the names of the two major parties but will not be allowed to have two symbols on the ballot paper as this will be a violation of the Representation of the Peoples Act, officials said Friday. Co-Campaign member, Raphael Trotman told a news conference ...
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Elderly Essequibo Coast woman raped, murdered
Last Updated on Friday, 20 February 2015, 14:38 by GxMedia An elderly woman, who lived alone, was raped and killed at her home on the Essequibo Coast. The body of 73-year old Surspattie Ramlakhan was found in her house at Richmond Village Friday morning. Investigators told Demerara Waves Online News that Singh’s body had marks of violence on her neck ...
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