Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 23:06 by GxMedia The State-owned radio and television stations, which were initially switched off due to severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall, are back on air. Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network, Molly Hassan said the flagship radio station, Voice of Guyana, resumed transmission. So, too, were NCN TV and 98.1FM. ...
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Court dismisses forgery charge against Town Clerk
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 22:42 by GxMedia by Zena Henry A forgery charge against Royston King, fomer Public Relations Officer at City Hall, was Thursday July 16 dismissed when the matter was up for another hearing at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. King was accused of signing off documents to waive $36M in rates and taxes for charitable ...
Read More »Former PPP candidate says former government responsible for country’s economic state, wants $10,000 school grant scrapped
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 22:29 by GxMedia Former People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) election candidate Clinton Urling is adamant that the country’s current economic situation is the work of the former administration and says that the new government should stop trying to defend themselves in this regard. The former Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) chair ...
Read More »Possibly “obsolete” 2012 Census results now due next year- Finance Minister
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 22:15 by GxMedia Finance Minister, Winston Jordon, says the results of the 2012 Census may be obsolete by the time the final report is released as he says Bureau of Statistics Chief Statistician, Lennox Banjamin, has indicated to him the report is now due in the first quarter of 2016. Last year, during ...
Read More »Earthquake off Barbados’ coast rattles Guyana
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 15:38 by GxMedia A tremor rattled several areas of Guyana; a spin-off from a quake off the coast of Barbados. “I sat down here and the whole place shaking. I in Festival City and the whole place rocking,” a resident in Festival City, North Ruimveldt told Demerara Waves Online News. The tremor was ...
Read More »States Houses, monuments, other state symbols to be restored
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 14:49 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The government is setting to go across country to restore state symbols which they say have been neglected and left in a state of disrepair. Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman told media operatives during Cabinet’s press briefing Wednesday July 15, that the new government after taking up ...
Read More »City Constabulary recommends sanctions for Sooba over “illegal” $27M tax waiver
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 14:45 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The City Constabulary has recommended sanctions against former Town Clerk (ag) Carol Sooba over the “illegal” waiver of $27M for a popular businessman. The office of the Town Clerk has also recommended that the matter be handed over to the police for the appropriate action to be ...
Read More »Flood forces closure of radio, TV stations, University of Guyana
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 14:25 by GxMedia by Denis Chabrol and Chevy Devonish Severe flooding caused by overnight heavy rainfall has forced the closure of Guyana’s state-owned radio and television stations and at least one private radio station and the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana, officials said. Efforts were also being made by the National ...
Read More »Coastal flooding: Guyana to establish shelters; residents told to avoid non-essential travel
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 11:55 by GxMedia In the wake of serious flooding along the densely populated coastland, emergency response authorities are preparing to set up shelters for residents affected by several inches of water in their lower flats. Residents have been told to avoid non-essential travel. Weather satellite maps show that more heavy rainfall is likely ...
Read More »“Economic jitters… not a recession”- Governance Minister dismisses economic crisis
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 July 2015, 10:24 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Indicating a deliberate act to scare business operators and investors, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman has dismissed insinuations that the country is heading towards an economic slump. Trotman formally addressed the issue which was brought to the fore by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) more ...
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