Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia An 18-year old man was Friday granted GUY$300,00 bail for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence for the procurement of three motor cars. Police accuse Raphael Mohammed of of 52 Annandale Housing Scheme of obtaining GUY$650,000 from Amil Yusuff, GUY$500,000 from John Jones and GUY$580,000 from Sherwin Wright by falsely ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian, Volda Lawrence on Friday sought to explain how her vote for spending on the security sector went down as an abstention. Lawrence said by the time she could have received advice from APNU Chief Whip, Amna Ally on how to vote immediately on ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A member of the Georgetown City Constabulary on Thursday pleaded guilty for being in possession of one gram of marijuana and he was fined and ordered to provide community service. 22-year old Jermaine Fenty of D’Urban Street was caught with the marijuana at the Ferry Stelling, Stabroeke. The prosecution’s case ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Shadow Finance Minister for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Carl Greenidge on Thursday signalled his opposition coalition’s intention to take action against Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh for spending more than GUY$200 million on two state media entities although their 2012 budgetary allocations had been cut to GUY$1.00. “In ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 December 2013, 11:30 by GxMedia The Guyanese culture is a layered thing with many folds in which to hide weapons. It has become cultural for us to hurt each other. But I’ve found that the weapon which hurts a man the most is a single word carefully aimed at his heart. One word can rob ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia by Carolyn Kissoon (TRINIDAD EXPRESS).-GUYANESE national Rosinda Nicholson, who was deported along with her ailing two-year-old son two months ago, has returned to Trinidad and is being allowed to seek medical treatment for her child. Her son, Elijah Harris, who was born in Trinidad, has been diagnosed with autism. Nicholson, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana Power and Light assured consumers on the Essequibo Coast that more than two days of blackout will come to an end on Wednesday. “Repairs to the switchgear will be completed today- December 10th, facilitating the distribution of the Plant’s 5.4 MW installed capacity to the system which has a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited reported a net profit after taxation, for the year ended September 30, of Guy$2.35 billion, up from the 2012 figure of Guy$2.01 billion, according to third quarter (Q3) results released December 2. The company’s earnings per share (EPS) rose from 6.71 to 7.85 year (2013) ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Operations at the cash-strapped and low-producing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) ground to a halt on Wednesday when field and factory workers went on strike to demand payment of an Annual Production Incentive (API). Workers were expected to return to work on Thursday ahead of another meeting on Friday (December 13). ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud on Wednesday released a transcript of proceedings of a recent meeting of the Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources to prove that he did not lie to that parliamentary body about activity in the New River Triangle Area. Persaud has in the last two days been ...