Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 22:15 by GxMedia Presidential Advisor on Sustainable Development, Science and Technology, Navin Chandrapal is suffering from severe cancer, a senior government official confirmed on Wednesday. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said Chandrapal “deteriorated but I’m told that he is out of the Intensive Care” and was at home with his ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 21:29 by GxMedia Guyanese and foreigners must now be given paperwork stating the karat and alloys used in gold jewellery and ornaments purchased here, a government official said Wednesday. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said government has decided to make the Gold Standards compulsory rather than voluntarily since they were ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 20:55 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Wednesday appeared to deflect responsibility for the holding of  long overdue local government elections to the Elections Commission (GECOM) but the electoral management authority maintained that it was waiting on government to call the date. Asked how the government intends to deal with plans by the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 July 2014, 19:25 by GxMedia A 34-year old Saint Stanislaus College teacher has gone missing after she was last seen at a Basketball game at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. Her brothe, Nestor Thompson, told Demerara Waves that the last time he spoke to his sister, Nyozi Goodman, was on Sunday, July 3 after ...