Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday decided to seek legal advice on whether Gocool Boodoo should be re-appointed Commissioner Chief Elections Officer (CEO) and Commissioner of National Registration. Boodoo’s last tenure has been blemished by a miscalculation of the November 2011 general and regional election results that almost ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Government is preparing to research the branding of Guyana as a tourism destination, with assistance from the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). Several local and foreign companies and entities have thrown their hat in the ring to see which one will get the nod by the National Procurement and Tender ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Despite the combined political opposition’s stiff rejection of a proposed 26.7 percent increase in electricity tariffs, government on Monday appeared determined to ask businesses and homes to pay more for the necessity. Reiterating that the rate hike was largely tied to the opposition’s GUY$5.2 billion dollar budget cut from the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A teacher of the Mahdia Secondary School, who was caught allegedly in a compromising position with a male student, is being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct and he has been sent on leave, officials said. Chief Education Officer Olato Sam said the male teacher has been already sent on leave ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A student of the Government Technical Institute, who allegedly hid three 9 MM bullets in his mouth, was Monday refused bail and remanded to prison on a charge of possession of ammunition without a license. 19-year old Frane Mikhail Braithwaite pleaded innocent to the charge when he appeared before City ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Guyana Bureau of Standards is cracking down on illegal scales at markets, even as plans are being made to impose heavier penalties on sellers caught with the unapproved weighing instruments. Backed up by police, several GNBS inspectors and surveillance personnel seized the 129 scales and one measure from sellers ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change (AFC), warning that the proposed 26.7 percent increase in electricity tariff will spark widespread unrest, strongly recommended a public hearing by the utilities watchdog. “The AFC would like to warn the PPP Government, that this highly ill-advised and unjustified act on the part of GPL, will ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A policeman was early Monday morning electrocuted while chasing a detainee who had moments earlier escaped from custody. The serviceman has been identified as 23-year old Constable 21600 Dorwin Pitman. Power company officials and police sources said he was electrocuted by illegal connections in Sophia. Four hours after the incident, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Prominent civil lawyer, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has recommended that the opposition agree to an amendment to allow for cabinet to give reasons for objecting to the award of a contract. “This compromise position, if supported by the Opposition, would test the bona fides of the Government,” he said in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is preparing their submissions for a parliamentary select committee for the repeal of sodomy and other laws they say discriminate against gays and lesbians. Co-Chair of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), Joel Simpson said the Guyana Equality Forum (GEF), a ...