Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) is a direct result of the recommendations of the report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development which identified entrepreneurship development as a priority in countering youth unemployment.” This was made clear by Programme Manager, Culture Community Development at the CARICOM ...
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Command of GDF Coastal Battalion changes
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Major Collin Henry is the new Commanding Officer of the Guyana Defence Force’s Coastal Battalion. Command of the battalion on Monday passed to Major Henry from its first Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jaswick Williams, who had been at the helm since March 2011, the defence force said in a statement. In ...
Read More »Gold miner charged with the murder of Brazilian businessman
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A gold miner was Monday arraigned for allegedly murdering a Brazilian businessman as part of a plan to rob the property of GUY$17 million. 37-year old Robert Paul was not required to plead to the indictable charge when he appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman. He is accused of killing ...
Read More »Two accused of stealing US embassy equipment
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia One of two men was jailed for stealing a quantity of equipment belonging to the United States from a cargo airline’s bond at Timehri, East Bank Demerara. The other man was refused bail and remanded to prison until November 29. Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced 34-year old Albert Rajaram to ...
Read More »Industrial unrest against 5% spreading
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Industrial unrest among government employees for fatter pay packets appears to be slowly spreading with workers of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) being the latest group to take to the picket line. At least 50 WDRH staffers staged a picketing demonstration outside that health care institution at Best Village, ...
Read More »Updated: Renewal of gun licences may not be automatic, gun law review expected
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee- just back from sick leave- on Monday called for a review of gun-laws and said that the renewal of gun licenses should not be automatic. Unlike the United States where citizens enjoy a constitutional right to bear arms, the Home Affairs Minister said his ministry ...
Read More »Updated: Two dead, three rescued following boat collision
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two persons were killed and three others rescued following a boat collision on the Upper Demerara River, police said. Dead are 28-year old Dale Duggin of Maritaro Village, who was the captain of one of the boats, and his passenger Williamson Felix. The accident occured about 9 PM in the ...
Read More »Guyanese pushes elderly man onto NY subway tracks
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (NEW YORK POST).-Say it ain’t so, Mr. Claus. A drunken homeless man — who cops say resembles Kriss Kringle — was charged Saturday with attempted murder for allegedly pushing an elderly stranger onto the subway tracks in Harlem. It was on the St. Nicholas Avenue line that cops say Rudralall ...
Read More »Guyana identifies lands for Trinidad’s agri investors
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana is providing thousands of acres of land in the Canje Basin for farmers and investors from Trinidad and Tobago to engage in large-scale agricultural development. The Government Information Agency (GINA) on Sunday reported that Trinidad and Tobago’s Agriculture Minister Devant Maharaj was told by Minister of Natural Resources and ...
Read More »Spend gold royalties on environmental repair – Tourism Association
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) plans to lobby government to spend gold royalties on repairing the environment for the long-term benefit of the tourism sector. THAG President, Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento announced his organisation’s intention at the Guyana Tourism Authority’s annual award ceremony held at the Guyana International ...
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