Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 17:58 by GxMedia by Zena Henry European Ambassador Robert Kopecky has viewed the country’s local fishing industry as possibly the next major economic phenomenon, but says being unable to meet international standards is the major humbug to Guyana being internationally competitive. This issue was also addressed by Dr. Susan Singh –Renton, Deputy Executive ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 14:57 by GxMedia Police were Wednesday probing a suspected murder suicide on the Corentyne Coast. At about 0510h. today Wednesday June 03, 2015, the bodies of Parbatie Vyraum, 34 years, and her reputed husband Ramdat Persaud, 56 years, were found in their home at Tain, Corentyne, Berbice. Parbatie Vyraum was found lying on ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 2:37 by GxMedia The governing A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has identified its 33 parliamentarians to sit in the 65-seat National Assembly. They include the 15 senior ministers and 12 junior ministers.  The coalition’s brand new faces to parliamentary life are Simona Broomes, Winston Jordan, Dr. Nicolette Henry, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 2:29 by GxMedia Steps to publish the results of Election 2015 will be initiated tomorrow despite the fact that the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) is yet to submit its list of Members of Parliament who will sit in the 11th Parliament. This decision was taken today by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 1:15 by GxMedia One of the policemen, who was allegedly involved in the torture of a teenager several years ago, has been ordered dismissed from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and his colleague’s future will be in the hands of the Police Service Commission (PSC). Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 22:07 by GxMedia The Ministry of Education wishes to advise that most schools which were closed on June 1 and 2, 2015 due to flooding caused by persistent rainfall will be opened on Wednesday, June 3. However, parents and guardians of the following schools are asked to note that these schools will remain ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 22:03 by GxMedia (TRINIDAD EXPRESS).-A Trinidadian man wanted for double murder was arraigned for the capital offence shortly after he was deported from Guyana where he had been hiding out, police in the twin-island nation said. Ralph Ramdhan a.k.a. Vernon Rampersad, 50, of Mc Bean Village, Couva was deported on Saturday 30th May, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 21:45 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Business owners in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, are being warned that the central and local governments would be going after them if they continue to breach laws and regulations governing construction and drainage. Authorities say several proprietors and building owners could be in for a rude awakening as ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 21:21 by GxMedia The Lower Court on Tuesday ruled that there was sufficient evidence for three young men to be trialed by a High Court for the murder of an Electrical Engineer who was employed by the Beharry Group of Companies. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine decided at the end of a Preliminary Inquiry ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 21:06 by GxMedia President David Granger says Guyana will be reviewing the United Nations (UN) Good Officer Process rather, even as the former British colony mulls other options to deal with the border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. “I have to examine the validity of the Good Officer Process. It has been able to ...