Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 21:40 by GxMedia The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has noted with concern recent reports of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s interaction with a Chronicle reporter following the publication of a news report in the Guyana Chronicle, over which the Prime Minister expressed disappointment. The GPA feels compelled to comment on the issue, because while ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 19:20 by GxMedia The Global Shapers Community-Georgetown Hub on Tuesday said it is looking for young, extraordinary individuals with great potential for future leadership roles in the society. “To further strengthen our ability to execute our mandate, the Georgetown Hub is looking for new Global Shapers. Applicants should be between the ages of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 18:52 by GxMedia As Guyana looks to Trinidad and Tobago (TT) to buy all of its fuel, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan says Guyana is not losing out given the perceived “attractive” PetroCaribe oil-for –rice deal which Guyana has with Venezuela. But Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says Guyana has lost out on an ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 14:49 by GxMedia The Firearm Amnesty commenced at 0900h. today Tuesday September 01, 2015, as scheduled. At 0941h. today a member of the public handed in one thousand, one hundred and ninety one (1,191) 7.62×51 rounds at a Police Station in Georgetown.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:54 by GxMedia Fire, believed to be the work of arsonists,  early Tuesday morning destroyed part of a furniture factory at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara Residents lamented the poor response time by fire and police to the scene at  First Street, Bee-Hive Public Road. One resident complained that a fire tender arrived ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 11:14 by GxMedia Reproduced from Simcoe.com via Midland Mirrorby Jenni Dunning PENETANGUISHENE, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada – After decades of volunteerism and harbouring a dream close to her heart, Penetanguishene’s Nicolette Smith finally made it to Guyana. The retired physiotherapist has now turned her experiences volunteering with disabled children in the South American country ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 4:12 by GxMedia Days after the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Michael Khan sat next to Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton and helped him to defend budgeted expenditures; he has been sent on leave. Norton confirmed that Khan was ordered to proceed on 48 days leave on ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 2:12 by GxMedia A Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) employee was  Monday evening killed after a Bell Loader he was operating fell into a canal at Rose Hall Estate, East Berbice, according to well-placed sources. Initial information reaching Demerara Waves Online News is that Mohammed Oosman was crossing a makeshift bridge from one field ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 1:52 by GxMedia Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday evening assured President David Granger that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) would give its unqualified support to the government in protecting Guyana’s territorial integrity. “The President presented me with an agenda on issues that they would wish to discuss with us and one ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 0:35 by GxMedia A fire was Monday night raging at a lubricating oil storage bond near a gas station at Providence, East Bank Demerara. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said fire fighters were battling the huge blaze that has  been confined to the bond that stores the oil for the bulk fuel station. The ...