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 ...
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Financial crimes bill going back to select committee
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 ...
Read More »AFC to contest Local Govt election without fourth bill
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 ...
Read More »Union gives Local Govt Minister 72 hours to remove Sooba
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Guyana Local Government Officers Union (GLGOU) on Thursday issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the removal of Town Clerk of the Georgetown City Council, Carol Sooba because she is unqualified. GLGOU President, Dale Beresford said his union dispatched a letter to Local Government Minister, Ganga Persaud calling on him to ...
Read More »Cash from William Fogarty’s sale to service debt, finance expansion
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Laparkan Group of Companies is selling the William Fogarty building on Water Street and will use the money from the sale to clear off some debts and inject the remainder in the expansion of its cargo and financial services, a senior company official said Thursday. “We would be able ...
Read More »Nelson Mandela dies
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia (STUFF.CO.NZ).Former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary hero Nelson Mandela has died at his Johannesburg home. He was 95. He had returned home on September 1 in a critical condition after being in a Pretoria hospital for almost three months – the fourth time he had been admitted to hospital ...
Read More »GPSU poised to issue strike ultimatum
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday said it was poised to issue a strike ultimatum to the government, even as nurses at the country’s major hospitals reported sick. “We intend to intensify this struggle. We are prepared even to be civil disobedient and the people of Guyana must ...
Read More »Nurses on sick-out ahead of conciliation talks
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Hours before conciliation talks were due to begin on Thursday between the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the Ministry of Labour, nurses at several publicly-owned hospitals were on a sick-out as they intensified industrial action to pressure government into paying more than a five percent back-pay for 2013. Several ...
Read More »The ashes of Cheddi and Burnham
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 December 2013, 13:26 by GxMedia Reproduced with permission from Sara Bharrat’s blog at http://sarabharrat.wordpress.com/ Dare I risk taking on the Jaganites and the Burnhamites? Dare I question the counterfeit images of dear old Cheddi and dear old Burnham that have survived for my generation to see? My only answer is this: why else do I ...
Read More »Methodology key to understanding Transparency Intl’s rating – CDB Economist
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The methodology used to arrive at Guyana’s ranking on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) should be released to ascertain how they arrived at 27 out of 100, according to a senior official of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Director of the CDB’s Economics Department, Dr. Justin Ram said ...
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