Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar on Friday assured that relevant documents about the 2014 National Budget have been circulated to opposition political parties and that his government was willing to hold talks on this year’s package. Reacting to reports that the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would not be ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar on Friday side-stepped questions about whether he had asked Ganga Persaud to resign his post as Minister of Local Government and Regional Development. Ramotar said he was not eager to appoint someone else to fill the vacant post, saying that the ministry already has a minister. Persaud’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Two youths allegedly caught with a high-powered rifle, two grenades and bullets were Friday refused bail and remanded to prison. They are 18-year old Kevin George of 21 Costello Housing Scheme and 17-year old Samuel Johnson of 158 Curtis street Albouystown. The pleaded not guilty to the three charges that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony says his ministry never gave permission to anyone to slaughter animals at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. He was responding to questions from APNU MP Christopher Jones during Thursday’s sitting of the National Assembly. The questions pertained to media reports in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Leader of the Opposition David Granger says departing Minister of Local Government Ganga Persaud has done a lot of damage. He made the comment to the media in response to the minister’s announcement on Thursday that he had resigned from the post with effect from January 31. I’m quite clueless, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A Jamaican man is wanted in connection with the discovery of the body his fellow countrywoman in a city hotel early Wednesday morning. Police said they were looking for 36-year old Anthony Lloyd Neville Morrison for questioning in relation to the death of Beverley Anesta Gardner. Her body was found ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana Prison Service sources Monday afternoon corroborated that Colwyn Harding suffered a hernia after jumping off a stairs in the prison compound where he had been incarcerated. Harding has already told Demerara Waves Online News that he has never had hernia before. However, the symptoms he described were those of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud on Thursday announced his resignation from the post, citing personal reasons. “My resignation as Minister of local Government and Regional Development is based on personal issues presently engaging my attention as well as some additional responsibilities to which I am committed,” ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Chinese experts are here assisting the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in extending the life of the Chinese-built Y-12 airplane and the large Bell 412 helicopter that is suitable for search and rescue operations is undergoing repairs, a top military official said Thursday. “We have a team from China now that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday announced that it was considering a pilot project to speedily and accurately produce election results but the country’s electoral laws would first have to be amended. “Guyana’s election laws do not currently provide for the use of electronic voting systems.  Hence, the laws ...