Last Updated on Sunday, 25 October 2015, 21:07 by GxMedia Check your breasts! That was the message Sunday from the Cancer Institute of Guyana moments before receiving a GUY$500,000 donation from Digicel (Guyana) at the conclusion of the annual Cancer Awareness Road Race. “As you know breast cancer is on the increase. So many of our women are dying today ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 October 2015, 11:50 by GxMedia Reproduced from www.standardspeaker.com by Jill Whalen When local pilot Bob Delese learned that it can take up to 14 days to reach the nearest medical facility in Guyana, he knew he had to help. Delese, of Freeland, traveled to the South American country earlier this year to fly a medical transport ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2015, 20:18 by GxMedia Faced with rising sea levels, weakened sections of the coastal sea defence and blocked outfalls, the head of the National Task Force Commission (NTFC) Retired Major General Joseph Singh has recommended the use of more groynes. Briefing the media on the multi-disciplinary task force’s work so far to help restore ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2015, 15:56 by GxMedia Five persons are expected to be charged with the home invasion and armed robbery committed on a family at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara earlier this week. “Diligent work by ranks of “D” Division will soon see the perpetrators of the Armed Robbery committed on the Sookrams’ Family of 82 Samaroo ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2015, 15:55 by GxMedia A businesswoman was early Saturday morning beaten several times to her face and head with a handgun during a robbery just outside her home at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. She is 36 years old Novaha Boodhoo of 88 Pulwari Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. She told police that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2015, 15:43 by GxMedia Police say they are probing the shooting death of a car rental agent during the pre-dawn hours of Saturday morning at Regent and Bourda Streets, Georgetown. Dead is Stanley “Steve” Lovell, 30 years of 64 Prashad Nagar, Georgetown.  During the incident that occurred at about 3 AM, 21 years old ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 October 2015, 14:15 by GxMedia The driver of a car has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run road death of a former student of Mackenzie High School and Brickdam Secondary School during the early hours of Saturday morning, police said.l Preliminary information is that 16-year old Denelson Rose of Noitgedahe, Linden was returning to his home ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 22:39 by GxMedia Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo said his administration had explored the possibility of giving Venezuela access to a part of the Atlantic Sea offshore Guyana without giving up any of the land territory as part of deal to settle the decades-old border controversy. “There were other options that involved a negotiated ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 21:54 by GxMedia Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo fears that an impending legal amendment that would compel commercial banks to release information to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) would see massive withdrawals from commercial banks and general economic stability. “I am very fearful about what this could trigger. Many of them probably will pull ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 21:25 by GxMedia The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) plans to refund the salary increases that have been approved for the Opposition Leader and parliamentarians in keeping with its position that the pay-hikes are astronomical. Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement at a news conference held at his party’s headquarters, Freedom House, saying ...