Last Updated on Monday, 8 September 2014, 19:28 by GxMedia People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee on Monday insisted that the names of dead persons should not be on the voters list but shied away from saying whether he was satisfied with safeguards to ensure that persons do not vote in the names of deceased. The verification process ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 September 2014, 17:51 by GxMedia The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday frowned on the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) Nagamootoo-Hughes ticket for general and regional elections, promising to uncover a bag of skeletons about that opposition party’s presidential candidate. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan has told Demerara Waves Online News that Moses Nagamootoo and Nigel Hughes ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 September 2014, 17:08 by GxMedia The two unions representing employees of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light (GPL) on Monday threatened to complain to the Labour Ministry about management’s refusal to negotiate jointly with them. The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) accused the power ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 September 2014, 19:14 by GxMedia Two weeks after a waitress was gunned down at a city restaurant, police on Saturday released images of the shooter, hoping that the public could help identify and locate the killer. The Guyana Police Force asked anyone with “information that may lead to his identification and possible location is asked ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 September 2014, 17:55 by GxMedia Head of Intelligence at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Lt.Col. Sydney James- the man who revealed that several army guns given to People’s National Congress (PNC) functionaries three decades ago have not been returned- is to head a unit aimed at fighting money laundering. Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud confirmed that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 September 2014, 12:47 by GxMedia Reproduced from Business News Americas (http://www.bnamericas.com ) The PetroCaribe energy accord of 2005 stands at a point of significant uncertainty, according to a report from Scotiabank, posing substantial risks to Central American and Caribbean member states. While the collapse of the agreement is not a certainty, the fiscal dependence on Venezuela ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 September 2014, 12:34 by GxMedia The Guyana Foundation has announced the findings of a research study into the underlying economic and social factors driving the high prevalence of suicide and suicidal behavior in Guyana. This qualitative study was conducted by Ms. Serena Coultress, a researcher in the Global Health program at Maastricht University in the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 6 September 2014, 12:09 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) appears to be on an aggressive campaign to ensure its supporters are registered and turn out to vote in widely expected early general and regional elections. Addressing a public meeting at the Stabroek Market Square, APNU parliamentarian Christopher Jones suggested that his political leader, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 5 September 2014, 21:58 by GxMedia Three men, arraigned on Friday for allegedly robbing  a man of several items totaling GUY$5.4 million, were each granted GUY$100,000 bail. Appearing before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman, the men were not required to plea to the charge of robbery with aggravation. Police alleged that Adrian Bishop,28, a mechanic of 66 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 5 September 2014, 18:38 by GxMedia Guyanese and American Special Forces have just wrapped up a month-long rigorous training exercise at two bases of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the US embassy here said in a statement. A graduation ceremony was held on Friday, August 29 at the end of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) ...