Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Several television stations are preparing to take the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority over what has been described as exorbitant licenses and anti-free speech provisions of the broadcast law. At issue is the GUY$2.5 million license fee for radio and television stations regardless of their size, coverage and market share. They ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday said it would not tie its support for changes to financial crimes legislation to the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPPC). APNU parliamentarian Joseph Harmon said that his party’s decision to give Guyana a “good” rather than a “piecemeal” AML/CFT law ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 July 2013, 12:04 by GxMedia by Vincent Alexander The time has come to break my silence on the Boodoo Affair. I am breaking my silence for two reasons. First, the Chronicle newspaper facilitated a letter which sought to blame ethnic cleansing for the non-support of a new contract for Mr. Boodhoo, Former Chief Elections Officer. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Guyana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory that will have the capability to test, detect and diagnose diseases that may affect animals and the public’s health is 45% complete, and is expected to be commissioned in approximately four months, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Wednesday. This US$2.5M investment, which is ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A logger was Tuesday morning crushed to death in Ituni by a tree, relatives said.  He has been identified as 37-year old Steve Daw of Coomacka Mines, Linden.  Relatives said he was cutting a tree when it fell and crushed him around 7 AM Tuesday. The body was brought out ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders in the field of energy, as well as International Development Partners that are active in the regional energy sector will gather in Barbados 11 July, 2013, to discuss initiatives and activities identified as part of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Phase 1 Study. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A man, who went ‘missing in action’ during the time of his trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, has been sentenced to two years in prison. According to reports, on April 15 2013, Steve Mohan made his first court appearance, facing the charges of unlawful wounding and breaking and entering ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Transport Minister Robeson Benn has poured cold water on a suggestion by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that the 15 percent travel voucher tax be slashed by five percent to cushion the impact of rising international airfares. Benn said the tax was crucial to the upkeep of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday dismissed his own order to block the Guyana Elections Commission from deciding not to renew Gocool Boodoo’s contract as Chief Elections Officer. Chang told the High Court sitting that Boodoo’s court action against each of the six commissioners and the Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Guyana Public Service Union Women’s Organisation is calling for the senior Region Three official accused of sexual harassment to be removed from duty until an investigation is completed. The call came on Tuesday at a news conference held at the GPSU Headquarters on Regent Street. “We are demanding an ...