Last Updated on Monday, 9 November 2015, 1:51 by GxMedia House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland was among several persons including members of the Disciplined Forces who fainted Sunday morning during the Remembrance ‘Poppy’ Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph, Georgetown. As the National Anthem was being played, Scotland was placed in a chair next to Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan. A ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 15:13 by GxMedia Prime Minister, Moses Nagamoootoo says none of the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (Guysuco) estates would be closed, and hinted that there could be a greater role for the private sector in the industry. Based on his reading of the Sugar Industry Commission of Inquiry’s report, he said definitively that none ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 11:37 by GxMedia A woman perished early Sunday morning after a produce-laden truck plunged into the Demerara River while the driver reversed to pick up a bag of boulanger that fell off the vehicle. She is 22-year old  Gangaday Persaud  of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. She was a mother of one. Her partner, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 11:11 by GxMedia Guyana’s former facilitator in the border controversy with Venezuela, Ralph Ramkarran has claimed that former President Bharrat Jagdeo had proposed a juridical settlement to his then Venezuelan counterpart, Huge Chavez 10 years ago. Ramkarran noted that that contrasted with Jagdeo’s recent concerns that a juridical settlement might scale back the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 2:16 by GxMedia Sugar workers have abandoned plans to stage another strike to press demands for the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the unions to begin wage negotiations. A senior official of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) confirmed to Demerara Waves that the workers would not be going ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 November 2015, 23:12 by GxMedia A male detainee at the West Ruimveldt Police Outpost is believed to have committed suicide earlier Saturday. Police have confirmed that 38-year-old Sham Harrinauth died sometime after 17:00hrs on Saturday. Demerara Waves understands that Harrinauth was arrested on Friday evening after his children reported him to the police. The two ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 22:03 by GxMedia A veteran Caribbean agriculturalist Friday disagreed that agricultural development banks offering subsidized interest rates do not help farmers to grow into big businesses, even as he cautioned Guyanese authorities against poor management of its agri-financial institution when it comes on stream. “I will tell them to stock it with agriculturalists ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 21:27 by GxMedia The Draft Code of Conduct for Ministers, Members of Parliament and Permanent Secretaries has been released and sees a strict cap on the value of gifts and gambling by officer bearers. The document published on the Ministry of the Presidency’s website promises to enforce its regulations by meting out strict ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 20:27 by GxMedia Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton on Thursday disclosed that some of the funds provided by the French Government, under a government-to- government collaboration, will be used to transform health centres in the hinterland, into hospitals, to benefit the people there. The disclosure was made during a courtesy call ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 20:26 by GxMedia An Immigration Officer, who was accused of changing an immigration entry in the computerized management system, was Friday granted GUY$100,000 bail Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan granted GUY$100,000 bail to police officer, 30-year old Yonnick Smith of 457 Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. He is to return to court ...