Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 18:27 by GxMedia (BBC).-US authorities have charged a former United Nations General Assembly president with taking bribes from a Chinese billionaire. New York prosecutors said John Ashe “converted the UN into a platform for profit” as he helped real estate mogul Ng Lap Seng gain government contracts. Mr Ashe is accused of taking ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 18:16 by GxMedia Convicted Guyanese drug lord Roger Khan could be returned to Guyana if a request is made for him to give testimony at a Commission of Inquiry. This is according to United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway who indicated that Guyana and the US are signatories to many international ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 15:16 by GxMedia The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has begin training persons to conduct Local Government Elections which could be held any time after mid-February. The Commission said in a statement that scores of persons took part in a two-day training exercise coordinated and executed by that elections management authority, last Saturday and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 15:13 by GxMedia The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Tuesday called for wide consultations and the full involvement of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in deciding whether votes should be counted electronically. “The Party is of the view that introduction of machines for E-counting must be discussed with all the stakeholders in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 1:27 by GxMedia Guyanese will late this year or early 2016 get higher mobile data speeds and lower international calling packages, among other benefits, when long-awaited laws are passed by the National Assembly. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson says that work on the draft amendment bills for the Public Utilities Commission and the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 1:05 by GxMedia Residents in southern Guyana are preparing for a severe drought caused by what weather experts say is El Nino. Lethem resident, Clairmont Lyte said in a release that residents of Lethem, Rupununi are being kept abreast of the situation by an “El Nino Committee”. With the Takatu River drying up ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 October 2015, 0:13 by GxMedia Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams says part-time judges will soon be hired and new rule introduced to fast-track the clearance of a huge backlog of cases in the court system. “If we have four judges working for six months this would contribute to the ending of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2015, 20:31 by GxMedia The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), in collaboration with the Hand-in-Hand Group of  Companies, released four new locally themed postage stamps on Monday October 5, 2015, to observe the insurance institution’s 150th Anniversary. Stamps will be available for circulation in $80 and $150 denominations at selected Post Offices. “Commemorative stamps ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2015, 20:25 by GxMedia New US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway has weighed in on the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy saying that both countries should pursue a peaceful settlement of the controversy. Holloway at a press conference on Monday made it clear that international law must be respected in pursuit of settlement of the territorial claim between ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 October 2015, 16:02 by GxMedia Former Director of the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE), Samuel Small has died, according to a well-placed source. He was 90 years old. Details are sketchy but Demerara Waves Online News was told that the veteran educator died overseas. His body is expected to be taken to Guyana. ...