Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 21:47 by GxMedia A gold miner of Nappie, Lethem was Wednesday refused bail on a charge of being in possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Godfrey Jonas, 55, told Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry that he was innocent of the charge after it was read to him. The unrepresented Jonas was remanded ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 21:30 by GxMedia In the wake of a public outcry, the Home Affairs Ministry on Wednesday backed down from its original demand and said applicants for new passports must now furnish birth certificates that have been obtained no more than two years before. Originally, the Ministry had ordered that the birth certificates must ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 21:03 by GxMedia The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) has found a shopkeeper in the mining town of Linden retailing counterfeit flour packaged in NAMILCO’s bags, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) said in a statement on Wednesday. The discovery was made in April and the company immediately alerted the Food and Drug ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 20:48 by GxMedia A man, who allegedly embezzled GUY$1.58 million from his employer in the interior, was Wednesday granted GUY$250,000 bail. Clive Nero,32, of Blue Sackie Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, denied the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. He was placed on his own recognizance for allegedly assaulting Eric Gordon ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 20:26 by GxMedia Junior Finance Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill on Wednesday denied that he uttered hate speech against homosexuals but insisted that he is opposed to children being adopted by same-sex couples. “It’s unnatural for two people of the same sex to procreate and to raise children,” he said. A day after the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, 19:48 by GxMedia ASTANA TIMES – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the KazakhstanUnion of Journalists, announced the winners of the first international journalism competition, “Kazakhstan in the eyes of foreign media,” on July 1. The competition, which ran from April 1 to June 15, aimed to encourage, promote and reward ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 20:02 by GxMedia A Guyanese gay rights group on Tuesday called on government to sack Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill because he allegedly uttered hate speech against the homosexual community. The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’s (SASOD) call is contained in its 11-page submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 July 2014, 22:58 by GxMedia Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Monday debunked claims by the three ruling party-nominated commissioners that the local government elections machinery was rusty and could lead to disenfranchisement. Surujbally insisted that the commission was “fully prepared and committed” to move into election mode with “immediacy” whenever ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 July 2014, 18:21 by GxMedia For the second year in a row, Guyana will host the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) Program, as part of the longstanding partnership between the Florida National Guard, the U.S. Army Cadet Command, the U.S. Embassy in Guyana’s Security Cooperation Office, and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), according to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 July 2014, 18:12 by GxMedia In a cooperative effort between the United States and Guyana to improve global maritime transport security, the US Embassy in Georgetown facilitated a week-long workshop on auditing management systems, the American Embassy here said in a statement. This training was conducted in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and ...