Last Updated on Monday, 9 June 2014, 15:18 by GxMedia One of three banidts was shot and eventually died during their escape from the scene of a home invasion at Corentyne, East Berbice, police said on Monday. He has been identified as Avinash Rambazad called “Pandit”, 20 years, of Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice, and he succumbed today while receiving ...
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Lotto company may have to gamble for long-term licence
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 19:40 by GxMedia Canadian Bank Note (CBN) may soon have to gamble getting back a long-term licence to operate the Lotto in Guyana, according to President Donald Ramotar. He confirmed that CBN, through the Guyana Lottery Company, was being given monthly permission to continue its operations because government has been considering tendering for ...
Read More »Declare more gold or Guyanese will “suffer”- Miners Assoc urges members
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 18:29 by GxMedia Wary of a further slide in the Guyana dollar and a rise in inflation due to 20 percent drop in gold declaration, the Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called on its members to sell the precious metal in their possession. “As a consequence the Association is calling on ...
Read More »Burnham Foundation talks up on Rodney Commission of Inquiry
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 17:53 by GxMedia The Burnham Foundation’s initial disposition, to the announcement of the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney, was one of optimism. The Foundation envisaged that the issue of Rodney’s death would be finally put to rest, although it was and is the view of the ...
Read More »Ramotar dismisses concerns about Cuba’s one-party system
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 17:39 by GxMedia In the wake of the United States (US) insisting that Cuba be barred from attending the Summit of the Americas unless it commits to democracy, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar has shrugged off concerns about the absence of a multiparty system on that communist-ruled island. Guyana is among Latin American and ...
Read More »Taxi driver shot
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 17:13 by GxMedia A man was shot late Saturday night at Friendship, East Bank Demerara during a robbery attempt, police said. He has been identified as a 33-year old Anthony Johnson of Friendship Squatting Area. Police said he was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital for a gunshot injury to his right thigh. Police ...
Read More »Constable to be charged for shooting youth in mouth
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 June 2014, 15:40 by GxMedia A police constable instead of a cadet officer is expected to be charged in connection with the shooting of a teenager in his mouth, according to Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud. “We have one constable under close arrest. Actually, the evidence shows so far that he is the only one who ...
Read More »US carrier to use Roraima Airways’ approval for Caribbean
Last Updated on Saturday, 7 June 2014, 20:23 by GxMedia The American-owned Dynamic Airways plans to expand its service to the Caribbean by piggybacking on Roraima Airways’ Guyanese Air Operators Certificate (AOC), according to a senior official of the local carrier. Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways, Gerald Gouveia said Dynamic Airways, through his airline, would fly to countries like ...
Read More »Ramotar fears horse trading will destroy democratic culture
Last Updated on Saturday, 7 June 2014, 19:31 by GxMedia In the wake of concerns that the minority government is refusing to give into a number of demands in exchange for the opposition’s support, President Donald Ramotar on Saturday feared that such a system could destroy democracy. “What it will introduce will hurt poor people even more. It creates lobbying, ...
Read More »Govt going after gold hoarders in wake of reduced declaration
Last Updated on Saturday, 7 June 2014, 17:48 by GxMedia Gold miners appear to be hoarding huge quantities of the precious metal in the hope of a spike in the world price, President Donald Ramotar said Saturday. Well-placed sources said Saturday that there has been estimated 10 percent reduction in gold declaration as of May 31st 2014 compared to the corresponding ...
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