Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 14:54 by GxMedia A Chief Prison Officer at the Georgetown Prison was Saturday night arrested for allegedly being in possession of a large quantity of marijuana and other items, according to well-placed sources. He has been identified as Marvin Azore of Onion Field, La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara. Police and prison ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 14:01 by GxMedia A businessman of Henrietta Village,  Essequibo Coast was shot and injured during an armed robbery at his shop, police said. Nursing a gunshot injury to his left foot is 47-year old Mark Warner. He has been admitted to the Suddie Hospital. Investigators were told that at about 11 PM on ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 13:55 by GxMedia Three men have been arrested, along with two guns and a large quantity of cash, following a GUY$1 million robbery committed on a businessman, police said. Investigators were told that at about 1PM Saturday, August 1, 2015, 43-year old Naresh Pooran of Enmore, East Coast Demerara was robbed of the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 August 2015, 11:17 by GxMedia Venezuela is formally demanding that Guyana immediately corrects an aspect of its maritime boundary related to the Essequibo River. “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has sent today, through the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs, a note of protest to the Guyanese government demanding immediate correction of that Point ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 August 2015, 20:07 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall feels vindicated of his connection to Rajput Narine, his former body guard who was arrested as a part of a probe into the killing of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. Crum-Ewing had made it his personal quest to speak out and demonstrate against ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 August 2015, 19:53 by GxMedia The Guyana government wants to ‘wire’ civilians to go after bad cops, while at the same time widen video surveillance of most of Georgetown to capture criminals, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan announced on Saturday. Grappling with poor confidence in the Guyana Police Force at a time when there is ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 August 2015, 19:06 by GxMedia Guyana hopes to sell more rice to other non-traditional markets as the South American country desperately searches for new markets to make up for the looming loss of the lucrative Venezuelan market. Second Vice President, Khemraj Ramjattan made the disclosure during an interview on New York’s WEERadio on Saturday, saying ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 August 2015, 2:11 by GxMedia Reproduced from Trinidad Express TRINIDAD and Tobago and Guyana have agreed to a Joint Commission to initiate and oversee collaboration in construction, education, business and other areas where it would be mutually beneficial to deepen ties. The Office of the Prime Minister, in a release yesterday on the visit to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 August 2015, 1:52 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Local democratic organs are being pushed to take greater control of their respective locations since their oversight prevents many inconsistencies and the emergence of shady funds, Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan said during a Regional Democratic Councils Forum held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre Friday, July ...