Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt on Friday suggested that talks with the Guyana government were progressing steadily to resolve differences over the US$1.2 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project. Speaking with reporters after formally opening a two-day media workshop for University of Guyana students and recent entrants to the field ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyana can expect a prolonged dry spell and already the water-levels in conservancies are dropping, prompting authorities to begin planning for a possible drought later in the year, authorities said Wednesday. “The Ministry of Agriculture has established a Special El Nino Working group to monitor and plan actions to reduce ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Authorities have begun investigating what led to a Trans Guyana Aviation aircraft hard-landing at Kurupung, Region Seven earlier Friday, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said no one was injured. In aviation, a hard landing is an especially rapid or steep descent.  The Britten Norman Islander aircraft hard ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Friday explained the cuase of a number of blackouts over the last two days. Following is a statement by the power company. Last night, Thursday May 15, 2014, at around 22:32hrs, one of the two transmission lines between Sophia and Garden of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 26-year old woman was early Friday morning shot and injured when four men drove up in a car alongside a vehicle she and other relatives were in on Garnett Street, Campbelville, police said. Malika Da Silva of David Street, Subryanville, was shot to her chest. She is currently a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia CARIBARENA ANTIGUA.-Antigua St. John’s – The date for general elections in Antigua and Barbuda is June 12. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made the long announcement during a public rally in Potters before a massive crowd of supporters last night. Spencer, who teased the audience by saying that the date would ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Despite the passage of a motion by the majority-controlled National Assembly for a reduction in the Berbice River Bridge tolls to ease the financial burden on Berbicians, Public Works Minister Robeson Benn vowed not to do so because the bridge would face financial collapse and investors would be scared away. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Divorcees can now speedily seek redress of the court for the division of property within three years of the annulment of their marriage. The National Assembly unanimously approved the Married Persons Property (Amendment) Bill 2013 that was sponsored by the late parliamentarian for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Deborah ...