Last Updated on Saturday, 15 August 2015, 15:51 by GxMedia Investigations are being conducted into an incident that occurred at about 2320h. last night Friday August 14, 2015, in the compound of Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown, in which a so far unidentified man was shot and injured by a security guard. Investigations have revealed that the man was seen ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 22:18 by GxMedia The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco), Professor Clive Thomas and the entity’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Paul Bhim on Friday differed about the viability of marketing sugar in the Caribbean due to increasing competition from sister producers. Delivering a presentation at the inaugural ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 20:53 by GxMedia The Guyana government has scrapped a contract with a local firm for the rehabilitation of the controversial fibre optic cable from Brazil, even as it explores the possibility of continuing the project that it had criticized harshly while in opposition. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said he met with the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 20:29 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Despite being in office a little over three months now, Timehri North residents anxiously await any word on whether the government will regularize their community. The matter of documenting the squatters became one of great concern when the former administration had decided to remove the residents to ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 20:17 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Tax defaulters can make use of a one month amnesty period to get as much as 75 percent interest off tax payments on businesses and as much as 100 percent off on interest owing for residential properties.  This is according to Town Clerk Royston King who told ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 16:00 by GxMedia by Zena Henry Almost five years since the arbitrary dismissal of some 50 Rusal workers who demonstrated against poor work conditions at the bauxite company, the matter is still not resolved and the union is adamant that the company should not be in Guyana if it cannot respect the law ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 August 2015, 12:17 by GxMedia The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Friday announced the immediate axing of the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). “Mr. Bharat Dindyal, who served as Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has been formally advised that a decision has been taken that ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 August 2015, 21:33 by GxMedia MAY/JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION REPORT ON PRELIMINARY RESULTS           BACKGROUND             In May/June 2015, nine hundred and sixty one (961) candidates from             nine(9) Secondary Schools and five (5) Private centres wrote the             Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination in Guyana.             The fourteen Examination Centres were:                         Region 10:                ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 August 2015, 18:50 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The Finance Ministry is yet to provide details on the promised subvention for the cash-strapped Critchlow Labour College (CLC), even as that educational institution awaits word on its 2016 budget estimates  that government asked it to submit. This is according to Ivelaw English, principal of the worker ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 August 2015, 18:42 by GxMedia Guyanese may have to go to a referendum to decide the future shape of the country’s constitution if the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) does not support all or part of the process. Attorney General, Basil Williams said a referendum is the next option if the PPPC does not ...