Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana remains concerned that St. Lucia and, Trinidad and Tobago are asking Guyanese to apply in those countries for Caricom Free Movement Certificates although they would have been already certified by the Foreign Ministry here. Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett raised the issue at a presentation to the House’s Foreign Relations ...
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Fly Guyana to begin operations in October
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Another airline is expected to begin flying the Georgetown-New York route before year-end, the Ministry of Tourism announced on Sunday. It will be called Fly Guyana. Fly Guyana’s representative Harry Chowbey announced that the carrier was expected to begin serving the route from October, 2013. “We spoke to the Government ...
Read More »Fireman, who drove minibus in mishap, stabbed
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A fireman, who was driving a minibus, was Sunday expected to be questioned by police in connection with an accident involving 21 persons including himself and the conductor. Figures dispute claims by the conductor, Travis Price, that the Route 48 bus was not overloaded at the time of the mishap. ...
Read More »Guyana helps displaced Malians
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana has donated US$10,000 to assist Malian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees. The money is being funneled through the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a senior Foreign Ministry official here confirmed. ReliefWeb reported that fllowing the appeal made by the OIC Secretary General, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, to assist Malian ...
Read More »Two men dead, one woman shot
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Two men have been killed and one woman shot in three separate incidents in Berbice and Georgetown. Three persons have been arrested in connection with two of the occurrences. No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting of 28-year old Ayana Henry of Laing Street, Georgetown to her ...
Read More »Ghana’s SEC, Republic Bank in talks for HFC Bank
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Ghana’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied Republic Bank’s application for a waiver after taking over more than a quarter of the shareholding of HFC Bank Ghana, the Trinidad and Tobago-owned bank said in a statement at the weekend. The Ghana SEC has advised Republic Bank that it must comply ...
Read More »Fire fighters complete first aid training
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia In an effort to improve the Guyana Fire Service’s response capability, 25 of its ranks completed first aid training programme in fire and road accidents, conducted by firefighters from French Guiana. In an address to those gathered at the closing ceremony which was held at the GFS central station, Stabroek, ...
Read More »Transparency (Guyana) elects new president
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI), the local chapter of Transparency International, on Friday elected a new executive. Elected unanimously as President was Former Auditor General of Guyana, Anand Goolsarran. He succeeded Attorney-at-Law, Gino Persaud at elections held at TIGI’s office, Waterloo Street, Georgetown. The two Vice Presidents are Fred ...
Read More »First phase of archive digitization launched
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport in collaboration with the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) today launched the first phase of the National Archives of Guyana’s digitisation project. This venture which is funded by the Guyana Government and the Guyana National Commission for UNESCO, seeks to increase ...
Read More »Lease for Marriott hotel land being opposed in court
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Long-time politician, Desmond Trotman on Friday filed an opposition to the transfer of the land on which the Marriott Hotel is being built , saying that the cost of the 99-year lease would be a paltry sum. Trotman, in court papers seen by Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com), argues that ...
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