Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 17:14 by GxMedia Opposition member and former Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill is adamant that the government’s 2015 budget has no allocation for the announced increase to pensioners. He raised that matter on the floor of the House Wednesday August 26, and declared that the government’s response to the matter did not satisfy ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 16:54 by GxMedia Government has  made good on its promise to gazette their new ministries in time to see the end of the three days proposed for scrutiny of the 2015 Budget estimates. That was one of the issues that caused a major stir in the House on Monday and caused a more ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 0:04 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo believes that articles carried in the Guyana Chronicle should favour the perspective of government, saying that he was “very, very concerned” about a headline in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper. Nagamootoo, who during the second sitting of the Eleventh (11th) Parliament was reported by the State-owned ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 23:36 by GxMedia The Ministry of Finance has not allocated specific funds to facilitate the work of the important Tax Review Committee which is to provide feedback on the country’s current tax state before any action could be taken to reform it. This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan who told Demerara ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 22:52 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo Tuesday evening acknowledged that he is “very, very concerned” about a headline in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle and strongly suggested that the paper must toe the government line. Nagamootoo, however, denied that he spoke with the Chronicle reporter, Derwayne Wills about his concerns concerning the headline ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 21:31 by GxMedia Government and opposition members of the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly clashed on Tuesday as several opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) demanded that Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, reveal the names of the current Regional Executive Officers (REOs) of the Ten (10) Administrative Regions. The opposition Peoples Progressive ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 20:23 by GxMedia The man, who bludgeoned a 77-year old woman to death with a spanner was Tuesday arraigned on a murder charge. Colin Alleyne was not required to plea to the indictable charge when he appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court. He was remanded to prison until September 27, 2015 by Magistrarte ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 18:51 by GxMedia Whether covertly or overtly, jabs have been taken regarding the direction of Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland as the opposition claims their questions on the 2015 budget are being limited. The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) side of the House has made this complaint more than ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 18:22 by GxMedia Four men have been arrested ad charged with robbing a mining camp of raw gold, a gun and ammunition at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni last week. Police said the four men were arrestd on August 22, 2015 in connection with the incident on August 17, 2015. The items stolen include a ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 18:18 by GxMedia One of three men, who allegedly seized the opportunity of two men while they were repairing a vehicle, and robbed them at gun-point has been arrested. Police said that at about 1:30 AM, Tuesday August 25, 2015, three men on bicycles, one of whom was armed with a handgun, held ...