Last Updated on Monday, 6 January 2014, 11:48 by GxMedia Reproduced from http://sarabharrat.wordpress.com/ with permission from the writer. Not so many years ago, I was an abused woman. Ever since I freed myself, Guyana has not looked the same. I think that once you’ve broken the chains of any type of oppression it sharpens your vision. So now when I ...

Last Updated on Monday, 6 January 2014, 11:46 by GxMedia Reproduced from http://sarabharrat.wordpress.com/ with permission from the writer Dear Roger F. Luncheon: I had a bone to pick with you about that USAID Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project. However, bone picking is exactly why we are the way we are. I have been many things, I am many things, I ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Former Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) government minister, Dr. Henry Jeffrey has welcomed the United States (US)-funded democracy project, saying that it would help Guyanese vote on issues rather than race. “I think when you have a project like that it will emphasise people voting on issues, people not taking ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger on Sunday virtually ruled out his opposition alliance tabling a motion in the House to call on government to pay higher wages and salaries and lower the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT). Speaking on the Peoples National Congress Reform’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Attorney General, Anil Nandlall appeared willing to support a proposal by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for Cabinet to retain the right to object to the award of contracts for goods and services only if the law is breached. “I think so once it reviews the role (of Cabinet). Cabinet ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Opposition legislator, Joseph Harmon says that while Muri Brasil Ventures has aborted plans to search for rare earth minerals in the New River Triangle, management of the country’s natural resources is still a hot button issue. Chairman of the parliamentary sectoral committee on natural resources, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, however, believes ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Demerara Harbour Bridge resumed operations shortly before 9 O’clock Sunday morning after a vessel slammed into it forcing its closure for several hours, a bridge official said. The incident occurred shortly after 5 AM. Repairs were completed well ahead of the scheduled resumption which was tentatively put at 11 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Georgetown is to be divided into four quadrants towards easing traffic congestion in the city, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told the media on Friday. Cabinet has granted approved for the plan which will see Georgetown divided into four quadrants; North West, North East, South East and South West. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Muri Brasil Ventures Incorporatedon Saturday announced that it has scrapped plans to conduct a geographicl and geophysical survey in the New River Triangle due to concerns being raised about the project in several quarters. The decision came just about two weeks after Transport Minister, Robeson Benn announced that the company ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana Friday night recorded its first reported domestic violence-related death with the killing of a mother of two by her common-law husband. The dead woman has been identified as Malaika Adams of Dazzell Scheme, Paradise, East Coast Demerara. The suspect, Paul Scotland of Mahaica Squatting Area, surrendered at the Enmore ...