Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 23:36 by GxMedia Two air conditioning technicians, contracted to work at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, and a passenger were Monday arraigned on charges of being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The passenger, 21 year old Keon Brewster of ‘B’ Field, Sophia and air condition technicians- Lorrick Williams of ...
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GUY$325 million spent on Rodney Commission of Inquiry; State media reporter paid US$7,000 per month to cover hearings
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 22:34 by GxMedia The duration of the International Commission of Inquiry (ICoI) into the death Dr. Walter Rodney is uncertain as Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams, says the inquiry has cost Guyanese taxpayers GUY$325,194,226 to date, GUY$16 million of which was paid to a state-media operative for his coverage of sittings. Williams, who ...
Read More »Electricity shutdown in Demerara and Berbice linked to explosions in Sophia
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 21:16 by GxMedia The Guyana Power and Light said there was a shutdown in the Demerara and Berbice grids following loud explosions aback of Sophia. Following is the power company’s statement: At 15:49 hrs today, following sounds of an explosion aback of Sophia, there was a disruption in the supply of electricity to ...
Read More »APNU+AFC submits MPs list; GECOM to decide on publishing results minus PPPC’s MPs
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 20:55 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will decide on Tuesday whether it will publish the results of Elections 2015 without the Peoples Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C’s) list of Members of the Parliament for the 11th Parliament, says GECOM Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield. Section 99 of the Representation of the ...
Read More »GuySuCo averts closure, receives US $2.7M from unpaid sugar sales
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 20:51 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been able to avert what seemed to be total shut down of the industry after it reported last week that it had no money to pay junior and senior staffers as at Sunday May 31. This is according to Minister of ...
Read More »Minister calls neglect of drainage system criminal, says City to drain in 48 hrs minus rainfall
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 20:41 by GxMedia by Zena Henry For more than a year, four of the six major pumps needed to drain Georgetown during time of heavy rainfall have not been operational, but after this long period, the Ministry of Infrastructure has noted that these mechanical devices will be up and running in 24 hours. ...
Read More »Several Public Schools to remain closed on June 2
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 19:29 by GxMedia (Georgetown, June 1, 2015) The Ministry of Education wishes to advise parents and guardians that some schools will remain closed on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The following schools are expected to be closed: Georgetown: 1. South Road Nursery 2. Headstart Nursery 3. Albouystown Nursery 4. St. Agnes Primary 5. *Gacestock ...
Read More »Cable cabinet severely damaged – lower East Coast telephone service disrupted
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 19:17 by GxMedia Approximately eight hundred customers in the lower East Coast Demerara area are currently without telephone service as a result of extensive damage done to GT&T’s cabinet facility at the junction of the University Of Guyana Road and the Railway embankment. “GT&T has been unable to ascertain the details of the ...
Read More »One-man protest angers PPP protesters outside GECOM
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 17:10 by GxMedia People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) activists protesting outside the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) were Monday ruffled by a one-man protest staged nearby by a young lawyer. Gino Persaud, who is a founding director of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI), emerged from his office with a huge placard stating “The ...
Read More »PPP uncertain about occupying parliamentary seats
Last Updated on Monday, 1 June 2015, 16:28 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is yet to decide whether it will occupying its 32 seats in National Assembly following their defeat at the 2015 General and Regional Elections. “One has to make a distinction between determining who goes to Parliament, who goes on the ...
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