Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Vice Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Moses Nagamootoo on Thursday skirted questions about whether he would consider joining A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) if pre-election talks between the two political movements collapse. “I wouldn’t answer because you are speculative. You are inviting me into a non-sequitur (illogical)- ...
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Police Commissioner defends promotion of alleged torture cops
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 17:05 by GxMedia Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud on Thursday defended the recent promotion of two policemen although they had allegedly torture a teenager during a murder investigation. Speaking with reporters, Persaud said that Sergeant Narine Lall and Constable Mohanram Dulai were not found guilty during a criminal trial because their accuser, Twyon Thomas, ...
Read More »Ramotar cautions soldiers against political propaganda; urges stern action during elections period
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 16:21 by GxMedia Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar on Thursday called on the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to take decisive action to preserve security in the upcoming general and regional elections and he warned against soldiers being used for political propaganda. Addressing the opening of the 2015 Annual Officers’ Conference ...
Read More »Updated: Collapse of rice mill silo leaves one dead
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 14:14 by GxMedia One of three workers at Caricom Rice Mills at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast died after the bottom of a silo collapsed and he was buried by a huge quantity of hot and wet parboiled rice, a company official said. Dead is 18 year old Treeson Gittens of Richmond Village Housing ...
Read More »Overwhelming majority of Marriott’s employees are Guyanese- Brassington
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:59 by GxMedia Chairman of Atlantic Hotel Inc., Mr. Winston Brassington, on Wednesday stated that the majority of persons being recruited to work at the Guyana Marriott Hotel are Guyanese and that recent public criticisms about the hiring of workers have “no basis in fact and are absolutely without merit.” In an apparent reaction ...
Read More »UG Students Society refuses to meet with ruling party for “photo-op”
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:46 by GxMedia President of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, says he postponed a meeting with the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) yesterday over fears that the student body was to be used for a “photo op.” The PYO is the youth arm of the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic ...
Read More »Jagdeo reiterates no interest in third term- Luncheon
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 0:55 by GxMedia The filing of a High Court case calling for the removal of term limits for the country’s presidency drew an emphatic response from Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA). Addressing the media at his weekly post- briefing Dr. Luncheon stated that ...
Read More »DPP clears House Speaker of sexual assault of a minor accusation
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 23:47 by GxMedia Almost five months after a young adult surfaced and accused House Speaker, Raphael Trotman of sexually assaulting him, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that there are no grounds to charge the prominent attorney, according to well-placed sources. Efforts to obtain a comment from two high-ranking officers of ...
Read More »University of Guyana unions, administration reject pay-hike proposals; sit-in may end next week
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 20:42 by GxMedia University of Guyana (UG) staffers on Wednesday rejected a counterproposal by the university’s negotiating team for a wage and salary hike, but say they are prepared to return to work next Monday if their own counterproposal is accepted. The unions added that they are also open to going back to ...
Read More »Govt official’s son granted bail for rape of school girl
Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 February 2015, 16:08 by GxMedia The son of a government official was Wednesday granted GUY$400,000 bail on a charge of allegedly raping a 14-year old school girl. Vishnu Singh was granted pre-trial liberty when he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court, East Coast Demerara. Singh, 24 years, lives at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. The incident ...
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