Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 16:06 by GxMedia Guyana is donating a large quantity of rice to Dominica which is slowly recovering from the ravages of Tropical Storm Erika. The Ministry of the Presidency said rice was identified as one of the needs following an assessment by Guyana’s Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 15:56 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Monday ruled out taking over controlling interest of the Berbice Bridge, while maintaining that it was keen on fulfilling its promise to lower the cost of crossing the river mainly by children and the elderly. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said it was not as ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 September 2015, 1:42 by GxMedia Fire Sunday night destroyed a house at Victory Valley, Linden, leaving five persons homeless. Marlon Gentle, Fire Chief told Demerara Waves Online News that the blaze occurred shortly after 8 PM. There were no reported injuries. Neigbours said a woman only known in the neighbourhood as Samantha locked her three ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 September 2015, 15:53 by GxMedia Municipal workers were Sunday busy demolishing illegal structures such as sheds on buildings along Regent Street while vendors, volunteers and other municipal workers cleared severely clogged drains. The operations were being supervised by Town Clerk Royston King, Chief Constable Andrew Foo and Mayor Hamilton Green. Green said the sheds, which ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 September 2015, 2:37 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Saturday announced that his Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) resolved  a number of differences, and that he would be heading a team to meet with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on forming a government of national unity. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 September 2015, 1:47 by GxMedia The team from the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), today (Saturday, September 5) continued the search to locate a female visitor who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park (KNP) on Tuesday September 1, 2015, the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. As of 15:00 hrs this afternoon, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 September 2015, 1:32 by GxMedia Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday warned people with illegal guns and ammunition to surrender them now or face the full force of the law after the gun amnesty ends on September 30. “If you people out there know of some friend or family that got some illegal lil piece out there, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 September 2015, 19:47 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo was Saturday afternoon greeted in his home village of Whim, Corentyne by a group of anti-government protesters who held placards attacking him and his government. Under the watchful eyes of senior and junior police officers, the more than 20 persons let known their positions which are ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 September 2015, 14:21 by GxMedia By Orin Davidson On Independence Day, the Hotdog Eating contest is a staple on  the entertainment menu for Americans. For  Guyanese New Yorkers their version of an eating contest will hit Folk Festival  when the Ex Guyana Police Association introduces a  black pudding eating competition which is expected to highlight ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 September 2015, 2:31 by GxMedia A young Guyanese woman was Friday night arrested moments before she was about to board a flight to Barbados allegedly with cocaine in her possession. A senior official of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) confirmed the drug bust at the Ogle International Airport. Anti-drug agents said the woman strapped some ...