Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 21:08 by GxMedia The nine-member Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has been replaced by one that includes at three broadcast professionals. They are former Head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) office in Jamaica, Joceylyn Josiah and veteran radio broadcasters Vic Insanally and Rovin Deodat. Local ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 18:55 by GxMedia Guyanese police and persons arrested are expected to be more readily aware of their rights because copies of the “Rights of Arrested Persons” will soon be posted up at police stations countrywide. Laminated copies of the document were Wednesday September, 23, 2015 presented by the President of the Guyana Bar ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 18:51 by GxMedia Fifteen pellets have so far been retrieved from the Surinamese woman who was arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana, police said. Police said the retrieved pellets, which the woman had swallowed, contained 154 grammes of the illicit drug. The woman was arrested at the Ogle International Airport  Monday ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 18:34 by GxMedia Several government agencies are networking to collect and process information about a multi-billion dollar international gold smuggling racket to as far away as the Middle East, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. Authorities also hope to unearth and revive a probe into the stealing of more than 450 pounds ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 17:37 by GxMedia The Guyana government on Wednesday sought to downplay the possibility of a military strike by Venezuela, while describing the presence of gunboats in the Cuyuni River as merely an act of aggression. “There is no cause for people to believe that we are about to be invaded or anything like ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 16:38 by GxMedia As the Public Service Commission of Inquiry (CoI) convened for a second day of testimonies, a call was made for the Guyana Government to properly implement the performance appraisal system for public servants – this would be with the merit increment. The call came from Senior Public Service Officer in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 1:26 by GxMedia Guyana on Tuesday formally established a local chapter of a Caribbean-wide network that seeks to harmonize the quality and standards of tertiary education as far as possible. Delivering remarks to install the first seven-member core group, Executive Director of the Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE), ...