Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker Monday afternoon said that Royston King’s appointment as Town Clerk is illegal and he accused King of being “guilty of subordination”. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon at the Ministry’s boardroom at Fort Street , Kingston , Whittaker said that King as well as ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Tension boiled over and tempers flared Monday afternoon over the two persons purporting to be Town Clerk of the Georgetown Municipality. Moments after Royston King took up his seat as Town Clerk,  the ministerial appointed Town Clerk, Carol Ryan-Sooba turned up and had a chair placed in front of King ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Former South American beauty queen, Carolan Lynch was Monday morning again freed of the charge of a murder of her wealthy husband, Farouk Razac, seven years ago. The decision to discharge the case was made at the Georgetown Magistrates Court after it was found there was insufficient evidence for her ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia In the latest of what appears to be a series of violent domestic disputes at Port Kaituma, North West District, a man late Sunday night allegedly burnt down his house after a quarrel with his wife. Initial reports are that the woman, Evelyn “Rasta Evelyn”Williams, claimed that the man, Eustace ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Despite Guyana being ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to repay more than US$6 million to a Surinamese beverage manufacturer because an import duty is discriminatory, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Sunday vowed not to approve an amendment unless the private sector was consulted ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) call for Georgetown’s councillors to be booted out and replaced with an Interim Management Committee (IMC) appear to be hot air because there is a pending court case against the establishment of an un-elected body to run the city’s affairs. Opposition politicians in and out ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia In the wake of several weeks of uproar and legal wrangling between the Town Clerk, Carol Sooba and most of the Councillors of Georgetown, the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday called for the Council to be removed and replaced with an Interim Management Committee (IMC). “The PPP demands ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The University of Guyana (UG) will shortly begin consultations about plans to increase tuition fees t cater for the depreciation of the local dollar during the past 19 years. Outgoing UG Pro Chancellor Dr. Prem Misir preferred to say that the tuition fees would most likely be “adjusted” rather than ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two policemen were Thursday charged with facilitating the escape of a murder suspect from lawful custody and they were granted bail. The charges were arraigned before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the La Grange Magistrates Court, West Bank Demerara. Constable 20836 Garfield Brown and Constable Smith were granted GIUY$75,000 bail each. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A man was shot dead less than 10 minutes after he grabbed a bag of money belonging to Black and Decker Hardware Store, Main Street, Georgetown. The bandit has been identified as Lloyd Hazel. Police said a firearm was recovered from the bandit. Well-placed sources said Hazel and an accomplice ...