Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia Lance Corporal Felix Frank A Lieutenant and a Lance Corporal of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were Wednesday charged with armed robbery in Cuyuni that they allegedly committed three months ago.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia Eleven men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of an AK-47 assault rifle and 12 rounds in a motor lorry at Buckhall, police said.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia Key Western nations are helping Guyana combat money laundering, bribery and drug trafficking through tougher laws, a move President Donald Ramotar said would help strengthen the country’s moral fibre.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia The APNU has proposed some $33.7B in cuts from the $208.8B budget estimates put forward by the government. Tuesday’s proposal had many overlaps with the $35.5B in cuts proposed by the AFC with the largest being the inclusion of some $19B in the estimates for the Low Carbon Development Strategy.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia The National Assembly has unanimously passed the budget allocations for the education, justice and agriculture sectors without amendments. Consideration of the estimates began on Tuesday following the ruling of Speaker of the House Raphael Trotman that the Assembly did have the power to reduce allocations as the opposition parties had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar and First Lady, Deolatchmie Ramotar. The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) proposes to cut the Office of the First Lady’s budget because it does not know what the office does.

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy responding to opposition questions during consideration of the estimates of Guyana’s 2013 National Budget. In the face of repeated criticism about the state of the loss-making Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco), government on Tuesday announced plans to hold broad-based consultations on how to revive the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia Marlon Harriram (New York Daily News) A birdbrained smuggler nabbed at Kennedy Airport with nine singing finches from Guyana hidden up his sleeve was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison. Marlon Hariram intended to sell the birds — worth more than $5,000 — in Queens, where they compete in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:02 by GxMedia (L-R) Attorney General Anil Nandlall; Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill; Prime Minister Samuel Hinds; Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh; and Works Minister Robeson Benn. The government says the decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly to allow cuts to the budget estimates despite the Chief Justice’s preliminary ruling to ...