Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 20:12 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Friday announced that it has released a cash injection for the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) but did not disclose the amount. However, a well-placed source told Demerara Waves Online News on condition of anonymity that the money is far below the GUY$16 billion that has ...
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GAWU disappointed at non-apprisal of GuySuCo management change, wants EU to release funds
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 18:17 by GxMedia As a major stakeholder in the ailing sugar industry; representing thousands of workers, the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is disappointed that the government failed to apprise the body of the removal of the former Chief Executive Officer, Dr Rajendra Singh and the subsequent placement of an Interim ...
Read More »Bad cops will be kicked out- Public Security Minister
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 17:45 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has sent a stern warning to police officers who would have engaged or are thinking of engaging in scoundrel acts, that there is no space for them in the Guyana Police Force. He said that rogue police officers will be thrown out ...
Read More »Family Court nears activation; lawyers told to end “culture of adjournments”
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 17:17 by GxMedia The Family Court could become operational in another month after additional training of lawyers and the laying of the Court Rules in the National Assembly, according to Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh. “I don’t think we are going to go past a month. It’s been a long wait. The ...
Read More »Coalition supporters to celebrate victory in New York
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 16:12 by GxMedia Supporters of the A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition are gearing for a massive victory march and rally in Brooklyn, New York Sunday June 14, and Guyanese at home are expected to see the event live. The event, which allows the US-based Guyanese to celebrate the ...
Read More »Govt to build houses, not sell house lots
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 16:01 by GxMedia The Ministry of Communities is seeking to house over 16,000 Guyanese over the next five years as it promotes its “Renew the Dream” initiative that could see the construction of some 4000 new homes. A release from the Ministry of Communities said that Minister within the Communities Ministry with responsibility ...
Read More »No salaries, no seats if PPPC does not submit names of would-be MPs
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 10:25 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) risks forgoing a portion of the salaries of its future Members of Parliament (MPs) if it remains delinquent on the submission to the Guyana Elections Commission of its list of MPs and boycotts the first sitting of the 11thParliamentnext Wednesday. Further, sustained refusal ...
Read More »Private Sector touts accountability, improved infrastructure
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 10:08 by GxMedia The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is pushing for transparency and accountability and wants several key infrastructural projects initiated by the former government to continue. The PSC has also taken on the task of organizing a multi-stakeholder- business, civil society, labour and religion- National Economic Forum to discuss priorities for Guyana’s ...
Read More »Fire in South Ruimveldt leaves four homeless
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 3:51 by GxMedia Fire Thursday night destroyed a house on Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown leaving a family of four homeless, eyewitnesses said. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known, but a loud explosion was heard before the fire engulfed the wooden structure. A husband, wife and two children lived ...
Read More »Guyana, US ready to overhaul Extradition Treaty
Last Updated on Friday, 5 June 2015, 3:00 by GxMedia by Denis Chabrol and Zena Henry Guyana is eager to replace an 84-year old Extradition Treaty with the United States (US) and slash the powers of the national security minister in determining whether Guyanese should be sent to that North American country to face trial for a range of crimes. ...
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