Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 20:14 by GxMedia Permanent Secretary of the now defunct Ministry of Labour, Patrick Findlay on Tuesday became the latest such public officer to have been sent home following the change of government. A disappointed Findlay told Demerara Waves Online News that Senior Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence summoned him to a meeting, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 19:37 by GxMedia The Ministry of Finance is to implement stricter measures, including blacklisting persons from travelling, to rein in “recalcitrant” beneficiaries of the Student Loan Fund. The Fund was set up by government in 1994 to assist persons with financial constraints in acquiring a tertiary education at the University of Guyana (UG). ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 19:28 by GxMedia Venezuela on Tuesday accused Guyana’s newly elected government of provocation at the behest of American oil-giant, Exxon-Mobil, and sought to justify its maritime boundary demarcation in line with its claim of the mineral and forest-rich Essequibo Region.  “It weighs note that the unique and surprising aggression, is that the government ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 18:03 by GxMedia Three suspected robbers were Tuesday afternoon arrested by police at Den Amstel back dam, West Coast Demerara. Police said that at about 0545h. today Tuesday June 09, 2015, two men, one of who whom was armed with a handgun, entered the home of Wazim Khan, 54 years, of Anna Catherina, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 17:46 by GxMedia The Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has decided to boycott the first sitting of the 11th Parliament which is scheduled for Wednesday, June 10th, a top party official says. The official, who agreed to divulge these plans under the condition of anonymity, also says that the party will stage a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 17:41 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Junior Minister of Social Protection Simona Broomes has rubbished claims of   “executive lawlessness” made against her by the opposition. She stating that a letter written to the Public Service Commission (PSC) on staff appointments was a mere request to put the appointments on hold so that they ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:27 by GxMedia by Zena Henry and Chevy Devonish Prime Minister (PM) Moses Nagamootoo says he has no issue with President David Granger chairing Cabinet meetings,  even as former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says a provision in a pre-election pact between the parties now in government violates Guyana’s constitution. Under the Cummingsburg Accord, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 0:11 by GxMedia Members of the Guyana Police Force and Guyana Power and Light  workers in Bartica have complained to government about the poor conditions under which they are made to work and live. Their concerns were made known to Junior Minister of Social Protection, Simona Broomes and a team of Occupational Safety ...