Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 1:17 by GxMedia A well-known lumber dealer was stabbed to his neck during an argument and drove himself to a City hospital with a knife in his neck, eyewitnesses said. Known only by his surname, Beckles, he was stabbed outside a taxi service just off Cummings and Church Streets while he was allegedly ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 21:03 by GxMedia Presidential candidate for the opposition coalition, David Granger on Tuesday assured the business community that if he wins the upcoming general and regional elections he would not be hunting down or sidelining political opponents but would instead create an inclusionary system to run the country. “We are not going to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 19:50 by GxMedia Presidential candidate for the opposition coalition, David Granger on Tuesday said his “green energy” strategy could incorporate the current government’s proposed Amaila Falls Hydropower Project that his party had up to recently rejected on grounds of transparency and feasibility. “We will also develop hydro electric power within a project, which ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 15:06 by GxMedia At about 0130h. today Tuesday March 17, 2015, vendor Walter Drakes, 46 years, of Smyth Street, Georgetown, was riding a bicycle along Croal Street when he was held up by a man armed with two cutlasses. The perpetrator took away a bag containing confectionery and escaped. Quick response by the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 13:39 by GxMedia The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC)  and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have agreed to help beef up security for its Presidential and Prime Ministerial candidates and a number of locations during the campaign, officials said. Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud did not provide details ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 12:39 by GxMedia Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh has said that the long-awaited appointment of Senior Counsel now depends on the Office of the President. “The trouble is the Office of the President is yet to say we are ready for your recommendations. They have not given that hint,” he told ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 March 2015, 23:19 by GxMedia The two men held in connection with the shooting death of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing almost one week ago have so far been cleared of that crime, a senior police officer said Monday night. The police sources said they were now searching for two other men who they believe may ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 March 2015, 22:32 by GxMedia Guyana remains “very confident” that its candidate would be voted in as the next Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of America States (OAS)  on Wednesday although another Caribbean Community (Caricom) member-state is fielding a candidate. “It looks good so far. Off course, if all the countries that had indicated ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 March 2015, 17:27 by GxMedia General Secretary (GS) of the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Clement Rohee, believes the salaries and benefits enjoyed by current government ministers reflects the principles of the “lean” and “clean” government asserted by late President CheddiJagan. A few months after the PPP came to power in the early 1990’s, Jagan, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 March 2015, 17:16 by GxMedia People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary, Clement Rohee on Monday chose to remain mum about counter-claims by Nadira Jagan-Brancier that her father- late President Cheddie Jagan- lived in a simple rather than extravagant lifestyle. “Whenever the General Secretary of this party speaks, it has heavy political weight and therefore I ...