Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Gold Board(GGB) has shut down its offices in the Bartica sub-district and called in the police to probe allegations of tampering during the purchase of the precious metal, the Natural Resources Ministry said in a statement. “The Guyana Police Force is currently questioning several persons including the employees ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A major shake-up in the command structure of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has begun with the retirement of two top police officers and the assumption of Seelall Persaud as the new Police Commissioner. Replacing Persaud as Chief of Criminal Investigations is Senior Superintendent, Leslie James who was previously the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A huge fire Friday morning destroyed five dwellings, several fuel boats and large quantities of fuel at Turn Basin waterfront, Port Kaituma.    Destroyed were one shop with living quarters, four small fuel bonds with living quarters, three fuel boats, one large trawler and huge quantities of fuel. There were ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The government’s contention that too much rides on the struggling sugar industry’s survival to allow it to fail has not plucked on the heart strings of the opposition during the budget debate. The administration has said some 18,000 persons are directly employed in the industry with another 120,000 benefiting indirectly ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The APNU’s newest parliamentarian Dr. Karen Cummings says the government’s claims of macro growth are not being felt at the level of the ordinary man. She was at the time making her maiden presentation before the National Assembly as the 2014 budget debate continued on Thursday. Dr. Cummings became an ...

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 ...