Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 23:53 by GxMedia In the wake of Venezuela’s build-up of military personnel and equipment near the border with Guyana, the Guyana government Tuesday night called on Guyanese at home and in that neighbouring country to be alert. “Guyanese citizens close to the border with Venezuela are urged to be alert to this development ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 19:20 by GxMedia The Guyana Police Force on Monday said it was netting more illegal weapons, rounds and cartridges, eight days ahead of the end of the one-month amnesty for such illegal weapons. Authorities have said that no one would be charged with the illegal possesson of such items, but ballistic tests would ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 19:06 by GxMedia report by Agence France Presse Venezuela said Tuesday it is conducting military exercises in the eastern part of the country, a move neighboring Guyana denounced as an “extraordinary escalation” of an ongoing border dispute. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said the troop buildup, which Guyana had noticed with concern, was ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 18:51 by GxMedia There was mild drama at the swearing in of two People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) when one of them opted to do it her way. Attorney-at-Law, Bibi Safora Shadick was first invited to take the oath of office. When Protocol Officer, Retired Colonel ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 18:16 by GxMedia An external panel should be reintroduced to select scholarship awardees rather than the ministry as had been the case under the previous administration, according to the Head of the Government Scholarship Programme Syinka Grogan. She reasoned that the best resort available to the government would be a reintroduction of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 15:15 by GxMedia Police said that at about 1920h. last night Monday September 21, 2015, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch arrested a female Surinamese national. She was on an outgoing flight at the Ogle Airport, after 902 grams of cocaine were found on her body. It is suspected that she also ingested ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 13:38 by GxMedia President David Granger on Tuesday said Venezuela was building up troops near the border with Guyana. “We have recently received reports that Venezuela has been making extraordinary military deployments in eastern Venezuela, that is western Guyana,  which seem to be impacting on Guyana’s territorial defence,” he told reporters. He said ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 1:29 by GxMedia Former West Indies and Guyana star batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul gave immigration officers a non-existent address on arrival in his native country, police said in a statement. “The Guyana Police Force states that in relation to the incident referred to Mr. Shivnarine Chanderpaul had stated an intended address that does not ...