Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A Venezuelan man was Friday arraigned on a charge of being in illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition after a Guyanese man alleged that the foreigner pulled a gun on him during an argument. Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded Joel Pereira-Rodriguez to prison until December 11 when he would ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Digicel (Guyana) Limited on Friday doled out more than GUY$11 million to help improve the lives of disabled school-age youths, cushion the impact of domestic violence and fight HIV and AIDS. The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre (PRCC) is about to undergo rehabilitation works through a GUY$7 million project being funded ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud on Friday insisted that Carol Sooba was best suited to be appointed as the substantive Town Clerk of the Georgetown City Council. When told that Sooba was among several persons who Junior Local Government Minister, Norman Whittaker had said were unqualified for the job during ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Government on Friday rubbished claims by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that it has misused at least GUY$3 billion that have been set aside for public servants’ wages and salaries for 2013. A senior official of the Finance Ministry explained that the GUY$GUY$4,403,509 that were allocated for the revision ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Elroy “God” Grenville who violated the Biblical Commandment- Thou Shall Not Kill- on Thursday escaped the hangman’s noose and was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for killing a man during an altercation of cows. A smiling Grenville walked out of the Berbice High Court back to jail saying “At least ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The majority opposition controlled National Assembly is preparing to send back proposed amendments to Guyana’s financial crimes law to a parliamentary select committee. A Partnership for National Unity’s Shadow Finance Minister, Carl Greenidge has said that he wants the Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism (Amendments) Bill sent ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change (AFC) plans to contest local government election whenever it is called even if President Donald Ramotar refuses to sign the Local Government (Amendment) Bill into law. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan’s position is more forthright and definitive than A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) which hopes that ...