Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013  The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$10 million loan to Antigua and Barbuda to support the Governments efforts to improve public sector efficiency, strengthen capacity and institutions, and deliver better services to its citizens and residents.  The Public and Social Sector Transformation Project seeks to:”Strengthen Antigua ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Miss World Pageant which is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious beauty contests has announced that New York based Guyanese business woman and Financial Analyst, Natasha Martindale has been awarded the Miss World Franchise for Guyana. Ms. Matindale will now be tasked with organizing and hosting the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday shrugged off suggestions that the opposition alliance would lose votes because of unrests in Linden and Agricola last year. Insiders of the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) say they plan to crank up their electioneering campaign to show their traditional supporters ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The results of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) are to be made public on Friday, an education source says. The official told Demerara Waves Online News that Education Minister Priya Manickchand will present a report on the results at a press conference at 1PM. The results from this ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana Khadija Musa has sounded a warning about the exploitation of natural resources by cash-rich countries. She was speaking at the World Environment Day observance on Wednesday at the Umana Yana where she said natural resources could be the source of future conflicts. “Governments have to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A Port Kaituma businessman was late Wednesday night beaten in his head with a handgun and tied up after three robbers carted off a huge sum of cash and mercury, he said. Police have since arrested two suspects and found GUY$100,000 in possession of one of them. No firearm was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The APNU has joined the AFC in publicly stating its opposition to the president and his Cabinet retaining any role in the awarding of public contracts whenever the Public Procurement Commission is set up. The AFC last week vowed to oppose government’s intention to amend the Procurement Act to allow ...