Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A two-month old baby was killed Tuesday afternoon in a road accident involving a Mahdia-bound minibus, police sources said. Ten persons were injured and rushed to the Linden Hospital Corporation (LHC) where the baby, Ryan Anthony, was pronounced dead on arrival. The baby’s mother, Yhonesa Monrose, was said to be ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia As the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) prepared to hold daily marches through the streets of Georgetown, the Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO) on Tuesday warned that hefty salary increases would fuel inflation. The PYO- the youth arm of the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)- also accused the GPSU of siding ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013 surpassing the previous highest level of 455, 918 ounces in 2011; which included the declarations of both Omai and small scale operators. This announcement was made by the Minister of Natural Resources and the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Even as retired telecommunications workers continued to agitate for higher pensions, the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) said it was willing to forgo retroactive lump sums owed and settle for pensions far higher than the GUY$18,000 being currently paid. The aged retirees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday dismissed suggestions that its trade union arm, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), was sabotaging the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) with strikes and higher wages and salaries. The cash-strapped and highly indebted sugar corporation had three years ago threatened to derecognize GAWU ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday scoffed at speculation by sections of the public that a parliamentarian for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) might have offered special consideration by government to abstain from a vote for money for the security sector. “I am not aware of anything ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 December 2013, 3:37 by GxMedia For Rochelle Etwaroo: the hybrid of two great people and a seed of hope. Dougla Defect?Indian speaks to a Dougla woman about her Dougla babyIndian: The baby getting nice now.Now he complexion comin’ lil clear.(Rochelle Etwaroo photo and testimony) The Dougla Defect is evidence of Guyana’s ongoing Black and Indian ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana’s Wildlife Management Authority (WMA) on Sunday confirmed that two shipments of caimans destined for The Netherlands and Ukraine within the past two weeks were seized by Dutch authorities. The WMA said officials in the Netherlands reported that the shipments violated IATA Live Animal Regulations. In the wake of the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia One man was killed and the murder suspect seriously injured following a quarrel Sunday night, sources said. Dead is 42-year old Carl Garnette of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Hospital sources said he was stabbed four times to his chest and abdomen and one to his right side back. Garnette ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 August 2019, 15:53 by Writer By General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, Lincoln Lewis As the world mourns the physical loss of Nelson Madiba Mandela and celebrates his legacy, every Guyanese must feel a deep sense of pride that we were a part of the tapestry that wove his life and life’s work. ...