Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Guyanese politician Dr. Walter Rodney, who was killed in a bomb-in-walkie-talkie explosion 33 years ago, might have been acquiring walkie talkies to establish a communication network, one of his brothers said Friday. Lawrence “Eddie” Rodney, however, told the three-member panel of commissioners that he was unaware that his brother had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The United States embassy here on Friday expressed “regret” at the Guyana government’s revocation of the work permit of the Head of the Leadership and Democracy Project (LEAD), Glenn Bradbury. The embassy appeared to suggest that the revocation of Bradbury’s work visa amounted to a stumbling block in pushing ahead ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A fisherman was hacked to death at his East Coast Demerara home early Friday morning during what investigators are treating as a robbery. “The men demanded cash and jewellery during which the two victims were chopped about their bodies,” a police spokesman said in a statement. Police identified him as ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A man believed to be a drug addict was Thursday night allegedly stabbed to death after he stole the property of a security guard. The incident occurred on Quamina Street between Thomas and Camp Streets, Georgetown. Relatives identified him as 40 year old Nige‎l Lawson of Camp Street, Georgetown next ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 15 year old boy, suspected to have been involved in a robbery, was shot in his mouth and a policeman has been since placed under close arrest in connection with that incident. “The incident occurred during the response to a report of robbery with aggravation committed on a relative ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Even as disunity continues in the larger trade union movement, the Guyana Teachers Union’s new executive is taking a neutral stand by refusing to associate with either of the two federations. Under its newly elected president, Mark Lyte, the GTU’s contingent continued the practice of branching off at Woolford Avenue ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) on Thursday- May Day 2014- extended an olive branch to the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) in the face of remote prospects for unity of the two bodies. FITUG’s First Vice President, Komal Chand said if fence-mending efforts continue to fail, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Thursday- May Day- signalled that it would pressure government into a crafting a proper turnaround plan for the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), even as the large sugar union said it was optimistic that the industry would rebound. After the customary May Day ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Fresh concerns about perceived bias by the Commission of Inquiry into the bomb-blast death of Guyanese politician, Dr. Walter Rodney have surfaced- now about the Chairman, Sir Richard Cheltenham who 30 years ago suggested that Rodney’s foes had killed him. “Whatever attempts are made to envelope his death in confusion ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Two Chinese nationals were Wednesday night shot and injured during an apparent robbery in the vicinity of Robb and King Streets, Georgetown. Police said Shai Zing, 44 years, and Lin Tang, 29 years, both of Robb Street, Georgetown, were among a group of other Chinese outside of the Zhang Xing ...