Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Retired workers of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) on Wednesday petitioned the National Assembly to be paid their “just and due” pensions in keeping with the Pensions Act. After years of lobbying and agitation to have the matter resolved to the satisfaction of all sides, the petition was ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia COPA Airlines on Wednesday assured that research has shown that the Guyana-Panama route is viable and the airline is here for the long haul but the Latin American carrier declined to provide figures. “Once we open a destination, we are not just testing to see how we go. We are ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia More than 12  employees of Qualfon Call Center, Goedverwagting/Plaisance were Tuesday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Hospital suffering from respiratory problems and anxiety after a power outage shut down the entity’s air conditionining unit. Power was later restored  and operations at the Call Centre resumed with a limited staff because a ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The19-year old  mother of a four-month old baby was stabbed to death by her estranged 49-year old partner after she told him that she wanted to end the relationship, police and relatives said. Onica Greaves was stabbed multiple times about her body Monday evening by Robert Stanley who is now ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Police early Tuesday morning captured a third prisoner who escaped from the holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates Court  about 13 hours earlier, police said. A senior investigator said 20-year old Randolph Marks was found hiding under a bed in a house at Freeman Street, East La Penitence about 1:20 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Another of the four prisoners, who escaped while at te Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was Monday evening shot dead, Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said. He said 28-year old Vickram “Lil John” Persaud was shot and killed at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice. James said a .38 revolver was found ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Monday said the opposition’s proposed amendments to the 2009 Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism Act have been rejected by the regional financial crimes watchdog based in Trinidad. He was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying that the Caribbean Financial ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The collapse of a log bridge between Mabura and Kurupukari has forced several trucks to line up for almost two days now, even as repair work continues feverishly to allow traffic to again flow freely, a source said Monday evening. Among the vehicles in the line is a tanker carrying ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The slump in gold prices in recent months is taking its toll on a number of companies including Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP), the local agent for Caterpillar, but that company hopes that a new line of excavators suitable for conditions here will help it bounce back. MACORP’s Marketing Manager, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia One of four prisoners, who escaped while at te Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, was Monday afternoon recapatured. Police are on the manhunt for the other three, according to top police sources. Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Leslie James said the men escaped after removing the grill work from a ventilation at the ...