Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 23:18 by GxMedia Guyana is currently exploring the option of fosteringcloser cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank, including giving active consideration to the possibility of joining that Bank, the Finance Ministry annouced on Thursday. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh recently met with the leadership of the Bank during a visit to Washington ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 22:55 by GxMedia After almost  20 years, there is no longer a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) presence in Guyana. Pizza Hut has also closed its doors locally. Repeated efforts to contact franchise holder, Deonarine Singh, on his mobile phone were futile. While the doors where KFC and Pizza Hut were located have now ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 22:49 by GxMedia The Guyana government has sued the Indian firm, Surendra Engineering, for almost GUY$1 billion in damages for alleged breach of contract and alleged corrupt or fraudulent transaction in connection with the failed construction of the US$18 million Specialty Hospital. The writ claiming an estimated GUY$991,371,520 was filed on October 16 ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 17:45 by GxMedia Guyana has banned persons travelling from Ebola- affected West African countries, in an effort to stave off the deadly disease that has already claimed thousands of lives, government announced on Thursday. “The Cabinet strongly supported the restrictions and those restrictions apply to arrival from the affected West African States… their ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 2:34 by GxMedia Police were this week due to seek advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) about the sexual assault allegations by a young man against House Speaker, Raphael Trotman but already investigators do not believe that there is sufficient to charge him. Senior police officers familiar with the probe told ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 2:06 by GxMedia Chile has decided to open an embassy in Guyana but no time-frame was announced by that South American nation’s Ambassador, Fernando Schmidt on Wednesday. The Government Information Agency (GINA) said the Guyanese leader welcomed Chile’s plans to do so. Chile and Guyana established diplomatic relations in 1971. The announcement was ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2014, 1:18 by GxMedia A youthful gold miner died by drowning in the North West District and his body was recovered on Wednesday, sources said. He is 17-year old Orel Fordyce of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice. The sources said that he went missing on Tuesday after he fell into an old mining pit ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 12:02 by GxMedia An Essequibo River woman was early Tuesday night killed in a boat collision while going to pick up her brother at Bartica, triggering a call for persons to take abide by marine safety rules and for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to set up a permanent presence at Bartica. Regional Chairman ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 21:32 by GxMedia Lightning struck an airborne COPA Airlines plane shortly after it departed Panama Monday, but it continued its journey and landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) without incident, the airline said in a statement. Just under 100 passengers, who were due to leave Tuesday afternoon for the Central American ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 21:01 by GxMedia A man was Monday convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing a number of items from the office of Attorney-at-Law, Emily Dodson. Twenty-four year old Gary Kanhai of Thomas Street, Georgetown was convicted for break and enter and larceny committed between October 11 and 12, 2014 at her ...