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. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity parliamentarian Vanessa Kissoon was Wednesday evening taken to the GPHC after falling ill during budget debate. Kissoon, a `Region 10 representative, was assisted from the parliament chambers by colleague MP Dr. George Norton around 6.15 PM. She was seen by members of the medical team ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia APNU shadow health minister Dr. George Norton says the training of nurses locally has been described as a “serious chronic disease.” Norton’s remarks were made during Wednesday’s budget debate in the National Assembly. $369M budgeted for human resources development including nurses. According to him, the results of the recent nursing ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The American government is continuing to churn out more youths with work, life and literacy skills. The embassy here said the US Agency for International Development (USAID) last week Friday  held a graduation ceremony at the Georgetown Club to honor 33 youth who completed 2work and life skills training and ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A man has beenb arrested in connection with the apparent killing of a drinking partner at a house at Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo, police said. Investigators said the motionless body of 38-year old Mahendra Singh was foun about 5:30 Wednesday morning. He was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The European Union (EU) Delegation and the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) have signed a grant agreement for a total of 150,000 Euros (41.8 million GYD). The mission here exoplained that this support forms part of the ongoing work programme being implemented by the EU and the Government of Guyana on ...