Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Representatives of several institutions in the financial, retail and telecommunication sectors have been trained how to help their companies strengthen risk management with assistance from the Credit Bureau being operated by CreditInfo. The training was conducted by experts from Creditinfo Academy was recently invited to deliver at a two day ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A Brazilian is the latest person to have been killed in one of Guyana’s gold bearing districts during a robbery. Unlike the majority of other robberies in the mining districts in which firearms are used, police said the weapon was a piece of wood. The Guyana Police Force identified the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two men were Thursday jailed for breaking in to the old New Thriving Restaurant and stealing several construction tools. Ian Paul,36, and Adito Smith,40, of ‘D’ Field Sophia told the court that they are labourers. Paul said the items were not inside the building at Camp Street and Brickdam but ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia APNU Jaipaul Sharma on Thursday confirmed that he has resigned as a member of parliament. Speaking to reporters outside the Public Buildings as the budget debate continued Sharma said his decision was as a result of the statement made by education minister Priya Manickchand about his father. According to Sharma, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman on Thursday lifted a ban on the participation of Education Minister Priya Manickchand in the budget debate. At the start of the day’s sitting Trotman said he was inclined to rescind the ban following a review of the tape of the incident that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday apologised to the National Assembly for the disruption caused by a comment she made the previous day but was adamant about not offering an apology to APNU parliamentarian Jaipaul Sharma. During Tuesday’s session APNU Shadow Human Services Minister Volda Lawrence was urging government ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar has defended his decision not to confine the Commission of Inquiry to the date on which co-founder of the Working Peoples Alliance (WPA), Dr. Walter Rodney was killed in a bomb-blast death outside the Georgetown Prison three decades ago. The WPA, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia There is a call for a change in the VAT regime and a standalone ministry if the tourism sector is to be taken seriously and progress. Wednesday’s call came from AFC parliamentarian Catherine Hughes as debate on the $220B budget estimates continued. The government has been talking about the potential ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Three men, accused of stealing GUY$3.6 million worth of items, were Wednesday granted little more than GUY$1 million bail on separate charges of breaking and entering a house owned by an overseasd-based Guyanese and stealing a number of items. They are Patrick Dundas,23, and two carpenters-41 year old Leon McKenzie ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Assistant Commissioner George Vyphuis on Wednesday emphasised the importance of the police working with the public as he ended a 35-year career in the Guyana Police Force. Speaking during a farewell parade at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Vyphuis noted that he always had a close relationship with the civilian population. ...