Last Updated on Thursday, 4 June 2015, 14:10 by GxMedia The Ogle International Airport was Thursday morning closed briefly after a domestic aircraft ran off the runway shortly before departing for Lethem, a spokesman for the airport said. The Trans Guyana Cessna Caravan ran off the runway at about 9AM due to brake failure. No one was injured and the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 June 2015, 12:41 by GxMedia Former Secretary to Guyana’s Treasury and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Dr. Claude Chang died in the United States (US). He was 74. Chang, who was terminally ill, passed away in Colorado, United States on Sunday 31st of May. He was buried on ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 4 June 2015, 9:15 by GxMedia One man was shot and two others were caught unhurt during an exchange of gunfire with police at Stewartville Public Road Wednesday night. He has been identified as Atiba Gardner, 39 years, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, and is under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Police also recovered ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 23:01 by GxMedia Fire fighters and police were Wednesday evening probing an attempted arson on one of the buildings housing the Ministry of Communities (formerly Ministry of Local Government) Fire Chief Marlon Gentle confirmed to Demerara Waves Online News that fire fighters found a small fire on a chair and a flammable substance ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 22:36 by GxMedia The National Assembly seems poised to be fitted with its own legal department and legal counsel under the David Granger administration. If this department is set up it will be a welcomed development for Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs who, along with former Speaker, Raphael Trotman and the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 22:32 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Having averted a total shut down of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) the government is now assessing the actual amount necessary to keep the ailing industry afloat until the end of the year. The recently established A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government has ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 22:28 by GxMedia The University of Guyana is expected to sign a Cooperation Agreement with the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia on Thursday, June 4 as the two academic entities seek to strengthen ties through various programs. Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine met with a delegation from the Peoples’ Friendship University Wednesday, June ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 22:03 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Industry (GuySuCo) Dr. Rajendra Singh was on Wednesday June 3 dismissed from his post, while the industry’s Board of Directors has been directed to resign for its poor management of the ailing sugar industry. Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 21:55 by GxMedia The convening of the National Assembly has been slated for Wednesday June 10 at 2PM now that the Clerk of the National Assembly is in receipt of the President’s proclamation delivered today Wednesday June 3. The Clerk, Sherlock Isaacs confirmed this information stating that President David Granger has made the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 18:43 by GxMedia The Ministry of Education is currently probing the recording of students engaged in sexual activity at the Charlestown Secondary School, Georgetown. When contacted, the Principal of that school told Demerara Waves Online News that the Principal Education Officer was dealing with the matter and she could not comment further. Efforts ...