Last Updated on Saturday, 11 April 2015, 1:17 by GxMedia by Janelle Persaud A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition is concerned with what it labelled the ‘disenfranchisement’ of electors by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following a decision not to issue certificates of employment to Election Day officials. At its weekly press briefing on Friday at the Crown Street-based ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2015, 21:27 by GxMedia The man, who allegedly buggered and killed a nine-year old boy at South Ruimveldt, was Friday arraigned on a charge of murder and remanded to prison. He is Ryan Bobb-Semple. He was not required to plea to the charge that he murdered Shaquan Gittens between April 1 and 4 at ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2015, 21:14 by GxMedia by Janelle Persaud The staging of a presidential debate ahead of the May 11 General and Regional Elections could be affected by fresh demands and unwillingness by the major contesting political parties. On Friday, at its weekly media briefing, A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2015, 12:04 by GxMedia The opposition coalition initially failed to meet the legal requirement for the number of women on its list of candidates for next month’s general and regional elections, according to a senior official of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). According to the source, A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 20:42 by GxMedia The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Wednesday night warned supporters not to vote the opposition coalition into office or they would again endure food shortages that had led to malnutrition. Addressing a public meeting in that party’s traditional stronghold of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, General Secretary of the PPP’s ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 19:08 by GxMedia Former President Bharrat Jagdeo has been summoned to appear in an East Berbice court to answer a private criminal charge that he uttered racially divisive remarks in violation of one of Guyana’s electoral laws. If found guilty by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga at the Whim Magistrates’ Court, he could be fined ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 18:08 by GxMedia People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Prime Ministerial Candidate, Elisabeth Harper Thursday dubbed revelations about her son’s indebtedness to two foreign investors as “blackmail” and heaped scorn on efforts to muscle a resolution through her political selection. “I strongly reject any attempt to use my political appointment to resolve this matter ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 15:42 by GxMedia A former police detective ‎is among three persons injured in an accident on the Mahaicony Public Road. He is 46 year old Vincent Blair. He sustained injuries to his head and chest. Blair is conscious. A source said a car stopped to allow Blair to disembark when a minibus slammed ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 12:16 by GxMedia The son of the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) Prime Ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper, is facing a lawsuit for at least US$3 million that had been provided to him for his company to invest in the mining sector. Harper toldDemerara Waves Online News that the matter is before a Guyanese ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 April 2015, 11:20 by GxMedia It is said that the youth vote will be one of the deciding factors in the upcoming elections.  While there is little dispute that youths form a sizable voting segment, two questions are raised: What is an approximation of the numerical size of the group?  Secondly, and more importantly, if ...