Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 17:55 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Government insists that the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) initiated ‘Because we care’ $10,000 school cash grant was “badly implemented” and under the new Administration, it will target the most vulnerable and poorer students in need of the money. Discussions are emanating from various sections saying that the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 17:50 by GxMedia Guyana’s draft National Budget is to be taken to cabinet within the next 10 days for possible fine-tuning and blessings before it is tabled in the National Assembly before the end of August. The much anticipated budget will be the first for the first-time Finance Minister, Winston Jordan and the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 17:35 by GxMedia Members of the police force charged with serious offences would be fired immediately and would have to hire their own lawyers, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud announced on Wednesday. He told officers and ranks at the Force’s Awards Ceremony that those facing certain charges would no longer be sent on leave ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 16:51 by GxMedia This year’s top 25 graduating students of the Department of Law at the University of Guyana (UG) will be granted automatic entry into the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) this year to read for their Legal Education Certificates (LECs). The government of Guyana is also reportedly mulling possible ways to ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 16:36 by GxMedia Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Wednesday rejected suggestions that crime has spiraled out of control since the recently held general elections. Addressing a Guyana Police Force Awards Ceremony at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Drill Square, he said increased serious crimes were being recorded long before the general and regional ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 2:12 by GxMedia by Zena Henry A full report into the January 2014 plane crash which claimed the lives of Canadian Pilot Captain Blake Slater and Guyanese cargo handler Dwayne Jacobs has pointed to engine failure as the most likely cause of the accident. Former Public Works Ministry made the disclosure earlier in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 1:55 by GxMedia University of Guyana (UG) law graduates are now faced with a 32.29 percent hike in tuition fees to pursue their Legal Education Certificate (LEC) studies at the Trinidad-based Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) In real terms students from Guyana have to find an additional GUY$1.6 million, based on an exchange ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 1:23 by GxMedia Fire of unknown origin Tuesday night destroyed the preparatory area of a Science Laboratory at St. Rose’s High School, Church Street, Georgetown. Police cordoned off the area to allow fire scene investigators to comb the debris. Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam and members of the school board visited the scene ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 22:52 by GxMedia Police Tuesday night disclosed the identities of two men-one shot dead and the other injured- who were captured during an operation at Craig, East Bank Demerara that netted several suspects in two recent murders and then brutal assault of a judge and her husband. The suspect who was fatally shot ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 21:37 by GxMedia A Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant (GDF) was Tuesday sentenced to 36 months imprisonment after he was convicted for causing death by dangerous driving almost three years ago. Lt. Anthony Eastman was found guilty of the offence that he committed on November 1, 2013 at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. City Magistrate Judy ...