Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 21:12 by GxMedia An elderly woman was Sunday arrested allegedly with a seven kilogrammes of cocaine and marijuana ta the Ogle International Airport. Police said the narcotics were found in her baggage. Her identity was not released but police said she was 60 years old. Anti-narcotics police said that at about 2:40 PM, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 20:48 by GxMedia by Tamara Rodney Just where the waters meet the land are the mangroves, a rich habitat, which forms a natural protection for shores and coastlines in tropical and subtropical regions. Mangrove forests thrive in conditions that are unbearable to other plants.Distinguished by their raised roots which take in oxygen, they ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 18:06 by GxMedia A security officer attached to a private guard service was Sunday afternoon shot shortly after money was collected from the Balwant Singh Hospital, eyewitnesses said. The guard was rushed back to that health care institution. Up to late Sunday afternoon, he was undergoing surgery to remove two or three bullets, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 16:19 by GxMedia Even as the newly-elected government of Trinidad and Tobago contemplates selling off the state-owned media, several veteran media professionals say there is a major role for publicly funded media once they are not manipulated and mismanaged by governments for political reasons. Addressing the opening of the 8th Biennial Conference of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 14:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has told the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams to keep his mouth out of the appointment of members of the judiciary. The association’s position came days after he stated that the search would begin shortly for a new Chief Justice because the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 1:31 by GxMedia A minibus driver was shot and robbed of a sum of  cash by one of two bandits who had boarded the bus at Parika, East Bank Essequibo. The incident occurred at about 11:45 AM, Saturday, October 10, 2015.  Investigators were told that 48-year old Feroze Ghanni of Ruby, East Bank ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 October 2015, 1:24 by GxMedia United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon is scheduled to transit Guyana to New York on Sunday, a senior Foreign Ministry official confirmed. The official said there would be no meeting between the world’s top public servant and government officials here. However, there would be the usual courtesies. The UN ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 October 2015, 21:36 by GxMedia Fifteen grenades and several rounds of ammunition were Saturday afternoon discovered near the Lama Canal, Mandela Avenue/ Sheriff Street, police said. Bomb specialists found 11 fragmentation grenades, four concussion grenades three 7.62 MM rounds and seven 9MM rounds in a small green military type box, according to a source at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 October 2015, 15:29 by GxMedia Two Russian diplomats were Saturday morning injured in a vehicular accident in Georgetown.They left the vehicle and sought medical attention at a nearby hospital. A woman sustained serious injury to her face. Eyewitnesses said the vehicle, bearing license number plate DPL 9-05, was travelling in a west along New Market ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 October 2015, 14:28 by GxMedia The Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. (HECI), Ministry of Public Infrastructure,will be training 100 individuals on the essentials of the National Electrical Code (NEC), a USA standard for construction, installation, repair, upgrade and other electrical works, the ministry said in a statement. The training session will be held over a two-week period, ...