Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 23:10 by GxMedia Fire fighters Tuesday night controlled a fire at an office building at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Guyana, preventing the blaze from engulfing the main building that houses classrooms. Eyewitnesses at the scene said a laboratory was affected, causing a series of explosions. Usually reliable sources ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 22:28 by GxMedia Mexico has committed to the Guyana Government a sum of US$2M to aid in the construction of an Institute of Creative Arts in Guyana. This commitment was among several secured by Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo on his recent visit to Mexico. The Prime Minister made these ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 22:22 by GxMedia After two months of rehabilitation works, Motor Vessel Lady Northcote is back in the waters after it was undocked from the E.C. Vieira Dockyard, Houston, East Bank Demerara Tuesday, November 24, 2015, the Government Information Agency reported. The 78-year-old MV Lady Northcote set sail along the Demerara River after its ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 19:21 by GxMedia The Netherlands has begun assisting Guyana in finding a “holistic” approach to the country’s drainage and irrigation systems with the aid of Government of The Netherlands, which will play a key role through the provision of consultancy services, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, on November 23, 2015 met with a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 19:06 by GxMedia Controversy is brewing over the date for Diwali 2016 date, with the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha saying that the government has again set the wrong date for next year’s Festival of Lights without consulting that Hindu organisation. The government has set October 29, 2016 for Diwali while the Guyana Hindu ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 18:41 by GxMedia The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed accords Tuesday representing a US$165 million development assistance contribution from the United States Government to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean.  CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRoque, and USAID Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission Director, Christopher Cushing, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 17:51 by GxMedia A man was Tuesday convicted for stealing former Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand’s IPhone. Appearing before City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore, 20-year old Daniel Wilson of 282 South Sophia, Georgetown pleaded guilty to committing the offence at Rosemary Lane, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown. He admitted to committing the offence on November 22, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 16:43 by GxMedia Police are looking for a man who allegedly stabbed his lover in their car Monday afternoon. The woman, who succumbed to stab wounds to her abdomen, is 31 year old Melissa Skeete of Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, East Coast Demerara. The incident occurred at about 3: 15 ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 16:34 by GxMedia Violent crime Monday rocked Albouystown, leaving one man dead and another seriously injured in separate incidents. Dead is 37-year old Troy Brutus of Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown and injured is Berkumar Ramrattan,46, of Hogg Street, Albouystown. Police said that about 7:30 PM Monday, 23 November, 2015 at at Garnett Street, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 10:30 by GxMedia The European Union (EU) Monday night ruled out punishing former colonies in the Caribbean if they do not scrap the death penalty, but at the same time called on leaders to demonstrate the political will to do so. “There is no question that the EU would carry out sanctions or ...