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Daily Archives: Thursday, 13 June 2013, 23:33

UPDATED: House votes down “Rohee bills”

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The National Assembly has voted down four bills which appeared before the House in the name of Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee with the opposition maintaining they will not support bills in the minister’s name. The bills voted down were the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2013; Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic ...

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10 percent “compromise” electricity tariff hike likely- govt sources

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Government is considering increasing electricity tariffs by about 10 percent, rather than the 26.7 percent hike that Guyana Power and Light (GPL) wants to compensate for the multi-billion dollar budget cut, according to top government sources. The estimated 10 percent hike is being regarded as a “compromise” to give the ...

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Digicel Guyana introduces the new Blackberry Q10

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Digicel, the leading mobile communications provider in Guyana, today announced that the sleek BlackBerry Q10 will be available to Guyanese consumers from Friday, June 14. The introduction of the BlackBerry Q10 in Guyana coincides with the launch of the smartphone cross the Caribbean. This amazing smartphone with the ergonomically sculpted ...

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Guyana to open int’l inquiry into Walter Rodney’s death

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Guyana government has announced that it will be establishing an international commission of inquiry to probe the assassination of noted historian and political activist Walter Rodney more than three decades ago. The announcement came from Prime Minister Samuel Hinds who read a brief message from the Office of the ...

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WPA welcomes inquiry into Walter Rodney’s death

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana on Thursday announced that an International Commission of Inquiry would ne held into the bomb-blast death of Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) co-founder Dr. Walter Rodney 33 years ago. WPA executive member, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine welcomed the announcement by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon but said it would be an ...

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New York-bound man caught with cocaine

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A New York-bound man was Thursday morning caught with a quantity of cocaine stashed in his suitcase, officials said. Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents intercepted the piece of baggage with the illicit substance shortly before the man was due to board the flight. He and the suiitcase with the drug ...

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Aishalton women block gold miner’s excavator

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia by Alva Solomon A group of Aishalton women Wednesday afternoon congregated at a section of the Region 9 community to stop an excavator from venturing into the gold-mining areas at the Marudi mountains.   Reports are that during the mid-afternoon hours Wednesday , the women banded themselves together and stopped the ...

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Lawmen closing in on marijuana cultivators

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Police are hot on the heels of marijuana growers in the Linden-Soesdyke highway and its environs, the latest operation netting a huge quantity of plants and seeds Friday morning. The raid, which was conducted at First Creek, Kuru Kuru, netted 3,5000 kilogrammes averaging a weight of 9,000 kilogrammes A quantity ...

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Britain discards Guyana’s support for Argentina on The Falklands

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Britain has rubbished Guyana’s solidarity with Argentina over its territorial claim to the Falkland Islands, but Georgetown said it was merely reiterating its historical position. The issue came emerged again when President Donald Ramotar stated unequivocally at a reception in honour of the Argentine Revolution.” I wish also to reiterate ...

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Woman killed by aircraft propeller

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A young woman from Timehri is dead after being struck by the propeller of a small airplane, reports say. The Guyana Police Force has identified her as Raquel Joseph, 22, of Old Road, Timehri. “(She) was killed when she ended up in the path of the propeller of a single-engine ...

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