Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia While accepting assurances that the Walter Rodney Inquiry Commission would conduct its work to the best of its ability, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was Wednesday yet to decide whether it would testify. “We have not given any assurance about participating and so on…We have time. We have to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Chairman of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham on Wednesday shrugged off concerns that the probe goes beyond the death of the former politician and questions about the impartiality of one of the commissioners. Sir Richard virtually ruled out asking President Donald Ramotar to re-examine the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia One person was killed and several others were injured when a Tundra crashed into a tree and slid down the bank of a trench at Road-en-Rust, East Bank Essequibo. Dead is 15-year old Ryan ‘Van Damme’ Brescinio. He died at the Leonora Cottage Hospital. Four others were rushed to the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, will present Budget 2014 in the National Assembly on Monday, March 24, his ministry announced on Tuesday. The Finance Ministry hopes that the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), which holds a one-seat minority, and the combined opposition of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and  ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The four persons in the Arau crash, which occurred this morning March 18, 2014, were transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GHHC) this evening from Ogle International Airport. They were accompanied by Army medical personnel who had travelled to the crash site to aid in the rescue operation. The Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee on Tuesday defended the wealth amassed by Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, saying he has saved all his working life. “I will not agree, I will never agree that Jagdeo stole money, Jagdeo engaged in corrupt practices where he siphoned off ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The floor of a packed and overflowing church at Port Kaituma caved in while the service for the charred remains of the mother and her four children was underway. No one was injured. Several persons exited the church through the window to avoid a stampede. The service was later moved ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Three persons were critically injured Tuesday morning when a United States-registered light aircraft crashed on take off from an airstrip at the remote interior mining location of Arau, a senior official of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said. The nationality of the passengers was not immediately available. The incident ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A British judge on Tuesday said Guyanese magistrates would be told how to create the best conditions for victims of domestic violence when they appear in court. Justice Shamin Qureshi, Director of Programmes for Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association, London,  United Kingdom (UK), who is one of the facilitators at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Fire early Tuesday morning destroyed the Medex Building, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The building was the administrative centre for several departments including Health Sciences Education, Veterinary Public Health, Food Policy and Environmental Health. Fire officials said they received a call from motorists about 3 AM that there was a fire ...