Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 21:05 by GxMedia The unions of the University of Guyana (UG) have “rejected” Vice Chancellor (VC) Jacob Opadeyi’s formal response to their demands and still intend to take industrial action to delay the start of the new semester next week barring a favorable response by 4:00pm Thursday. In an interview Tuesday Opadeyi told ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 20:58 by GxMedia PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (January 20, 2015) – Seven companies from Trinidad and Tobago have been already identified as potential partners in the Global Business Innovation Corporation’s (GBIC) drive to move Caribbean products from regional distribution to supermarket shelves in North America. This development follows the launch of the Caribbean ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 17:39 by GxMedia The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is skeptical about the motive behind President Donald Ramotar’s failure to dissolve the Parliament although he has named May 11, 2015 as general elections day. The oldest rights advocacy grouping in the country called on the Guyanese Leader to dissolve the Parliament- which is ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 15:05 by GxMedia Former Minister and Attorney-at-Law Bibi Shadick, was appointed the eighth Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) at an adjourned Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. The new Pro-Chancellor succeeds Dr Prem Misir, the longest serving UG Pro-Chancellor who resigned in May 2014, more than one year ahead ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 1:52 by GxMedia Reproduced from https://sarabharrat.wordpress.com/  In the land of the blind, one-eye man is king… From now until May 11, some of us will contemplate the answer to this question with much fear, hope or a combination of both. Will the People’s Progressive Party (PPP)win? Or will they lose? Before I answer this, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 1:49 by GxMedia A Guyanese man, described as a “frequent flyer” was Tuesday afternoon arrested after a large quantity of cocaine was allegedly found in his suitcase, a senior official of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The identity of the 32-year old man from East Coast Demerara was not disclosed. Investigators ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 0:59 by GxMedia Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana (UG) Jacob Opadeyi says he has responded to demands made by the university’s unions and that he believes his response will prevent the delayed commencement of the coming semester. “I don’t see any shutdown at all because what has happened so far ...