Last Updated on Sunday, 16 August 2015, 21:04 by GxMedia by Zena Henry In what seemed almost unimaginable just months ago, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and Central government have pledged stronger ties in restoring the city. The then Local Government Ministry had been at odds with the Council for years under the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Now ...
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IAC wants Commission of Inquiry into alleged racial discrimination
Last Updated on Sunday, 16 August 2015, 20:51 by GxMedia The Indian Action (formerly Arrival) Committee (IAC) on Sunday called on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to push for a Commission of Inquiry into claims that mostly East Indians are being fired, in the wake of last week’s firing of the Chirf Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light ...
Read More »Group wants Jagdeo barred from being parliamentarian
Last Updated on Sunday, 16 August 2015, 20:35 by GxMedia Exactly one day before Bharrat Jagdeo is expected to kick off the 2015 budget debate, a non-governmental organisation on Sunday said it has lobbied House Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland to put in place water-tight code of conduct that could see the former Guyanese leader being disqualified as a parliamentarian. “We ...
Read More »Nigel Hughes’ mother dies following road accident
Last Updated on Sunday, 16 August 2015, 18:37 by GxMedia The mother of prominent Attorney-at-Law and Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes died Sunday as a result of a road accident Saturday night, according to a party spokesman She is Christobel Hughes, said to be in her early 80s. AFC Spokesman Imran Khan said the accident occurred ...
Read More »Vendors chopped, robbed; suspect arrested during shootout with police
Last Updated on Sunday, 16 August 2015, 13:49 by GxMedia Two vendors were early Sunday morning chopped and robbed as theu were about to leave their West Coast Berbice home. Police said they came under fire while responding to a report. They returned fire and arrested one of the suspects. At about 0345h. today Sunday August 16, 2015, two men armed ...
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