Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 23:39 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The new government will be reviewing the use and number of contract workers within the system as this had been a major concern for them while in opposition. The A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition’s presidential candidate retired Brigadier, David Granger was sworn ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 23:21 by GxMedia President David Granger hopes to appoint his Cabinet within a fortnight and have the firsts session of the 11th Parliament “by the early days in June”, after which his Executive will seek to, among other things, devise a budget for the remainder of 2015.   These appointments, however, will have ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 23:13 by GxMedia by Zena Henry As the new government begins to take shape with the swearing in of the new President, Retired Brigadier David Granger on Saturday May 16 and the putting together of Cabinet nears, Economist Winston Jordan is now tipped to head the Finance Ministry while the former Finance Minister, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 22:40 by GxMedia Zena Henry Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud will remain head of the police force as newly appointed President David Granger says he is ready to work with the police head. Leading a security force that has been accused of corruption and the violation of the rights of Guyanese, the retention of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 22:06 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Guyanese on Saturday May 16 witnessed the swearing in of the newly-elected President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Brigadier (Ret’d) David Granger as his party, less than one hour after he was declared winner of the 2015 general and regional elections. Despite murmurs that the People’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 3:49 by GxMedia Two women were arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Friday afternoon while allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 10 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United States, according to well-placed sources. Investigators said the cocaine was stashed in the false sides of their suitcases. Those arrested are 40-year old ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 3:13 by GxMedia President Donald Ramotar late Friday night dubbed as a “lie” reports in sections of the media that he has decided to concede defeat in the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections, even as his political party was unprepared to entertain the idea of challenging the 2015 election results in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 May 2015, 0:02 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says a check of the Statements of Poll that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) had claimed were fake has revealed that such claim is inaccurate. But President Donald Ramotar is sticking by his numbers, saying that his were obtained from the Returning Officers that ...