Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 23:13 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Residents of Timehri North can now breathe a sigh of relief as government assured them that they would not be uprooted from their homes to facilitate the controversial Cheddi Jagan International Airport runway (CJIA) expansion project. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson said during his presentation in Parliament ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 22:59 by GxMedia Residents in several coastal areas across Guyana were Sunday night going to bed without electricity due to severe storm damage, even as the power company was busy mobilizing workers and spares to alleviate the situation early in the new week. Among the areas without power are South and North Ruimveldt, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 21:19 by GxMedia High winds blew off the roofs of several houses on the West Coast and West bank Demerara. Accompanied by heavy rain, the wind uprooted the zinc sheets of many houses at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara and South Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara. A vacant unfinished house at Cornelia Ida was ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 18:46 by GxMedia Political analyst Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran believes that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is derailing the pre-election accord with the Alliance For Change (AFC) and that the latter party appears to be complicit in duping the electorate. “The flimsy excuse of constitutional violation is an attempt at a power ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 17:30 by GxMedia The body of an elderly man and a damaged motorcycle were found on the roadway at Moruca late Saturday night. Investigators are working on the theory that Ignatius Francis of Kumaka, North West District might have been struck down by a vehicle that subsequently fled the scene. “An abandoned damaged ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 17:23 by GxMedia An  East Bank Demerara man was shot during a home invasion, although the bandits did not find anything of value, police said. Injured is 46-year old Gowkarran Rampersaud of New Providence Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Police said that about 2:30 AM Sunday, June 28, 2015 two men entered Rampersaud’s home ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 June 2015, 3:10 by GxMedia The 53-nation Commonwealth Saturday reiterated that it was siding with Guyana in its maritime and land border controversy with Venezuela, even as the global organisation prepares to discuss the issue in New York in another three months. “There have been recent developments including a claim by a neighbouring country over ...