Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia A reworked government motion to increase the debt ceiling from $1B to GUY$130B failed to garner opposition support with an amendment by the AFC dropping the figure to $50B in a marathon sitting of the National Assembly. Government had last month tabled a motion to increase the guarantee on borrowing ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change voted with the government in the wee hours of Thursday morning to pass the Hydro-Electric Power (Amendment) Bill which is necessary to bring the local law into conformity with the environmental standards of possible Amaila Project financier the IDB. The APNU voted against the bill with ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The National Assembly Wednesday evening unanimously passed the four local government bills ending a 12-year reformation process.  The four bills were seen as essential to the holding of local government elections last held in 1994 but officials from GECOM have said that they would need at least six months from ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Peoples National Congress Reform is moving ahead with plans to establish a Forbes Burnham Research Institute (FBRI) to promote the work and philosophy of Guyana’s first Executive President. PNCR Leader, David Granger made the announcement Tuesday evening at a commemorative event for Burnham who died on August 6, 1985 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia (TRINIDAD EXPRESS.-) DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a female detainee at the Immigration Detention Centre yesterday. According to police reports, 42-year-old Indira Joseph, of Guyana, was found hanging inside a cell at the centre, located along the Eastern Main Road in Aripo, Arima, around 4.30 a.m. yesterday. PC Modeste ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia As Guyana’s National Assembly prepares to Wednesday finally debate long-awaited draft laws that are key to liberalizing the telecommunications sector, Digicel said it was looking forward  to the early passage and with it, the ending of the telephone monopoly. The mobile phone company said Prime Minister Samuel Hinds informed that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change has rejected the resignation of Chairman Nigel Hughes who earlier Tuesday tendered it in the wake of a newspaper article which reported his connection to the Amaila project. Tuesday’s edition of the Kaieteur News reported that Hughes was the Company Secretary for the operators of the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Digicel (Guyana) has announced that the company has introduced a special roaming rate of only GUY$30 to its subscribers.  This special rate is available to customers roaming in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. In order to access this GUY$30 roaming rate, customers must subscribe to this service by dialing ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia Guyana Power & Light Inc. last week signed on to GT&T Mobile Money service paving the way for customers’ payments of electricity bills using their cellular phones, the phone company said in a statement. GT&T says it is pleased that it can offer this easy payment alternative to its customers.   ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced that Mrs. Doodmattie Singh is has been appointed Deputy Chief Education Officer with responsibility for Development. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand extends her congratulations and wishes Mrs. Singh success in all her endeavors. Mrs. Singh has an extensive background in Education having spent ...