Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 16:29 by GxMedia Guyana wants the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give a legal opinion on the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award of the boundary with Venezuela, but is mindful that its western neighbour could challenge such an opinion if it is not in its favour, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge said Tuesday. ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 15:38 by GxMedia Guyana is being urged by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to get its house in order as it relates to the implementation of the amendments of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) law passed in Parliament in June. This comes after FATF held its plenary meeting ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:16 by GxMedia President David Granger has ruled out giving neighbouring Venezuela access to the Atlantic sea as part of any settlement of the border controvery. “We cannot sell out. We cannot give away. We cannot offer the adversary any corridor or any passage,” said Granger who is also Commander-in-Chief after the successful ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015, 22:42 by GxMedia Even as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) appealed to  the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) to end its “illegal” strike, the Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder labeled the industrial action“political.” GAWU, which is closely aligned to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), called a three-day strike on Sunday to press demands ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015, 18:13 by GxMedia The U.S. Embassy says is very saddened to learn about the passing of our friend, Zenita Nicholson. In March of 2014, the U.S. Embassy awarded Zenita with our first ever International Woman of Courage Award in recognition of her exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for the protection of the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015, 15:31 by GxMedia Well-known human rights activist, Zenita Nicholson, who was the victim of domestic violence, died early Monday morning after ingesting several carbon tablets that are used to kill rats, police said. Zenita Nicholson was up to the time of her passing winding down a project as Country Coordinator for the Caribbean Vulnerable ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015, 11:41 by GxMedia A suspected smuggler was shot dead Saturday night at his, shortly after a report of disorderly behaviour and damaged to property was made to the police against him. Shameer “Kazac” Ally, 36 years of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek, sustained a shot gun injury between 7:30 and 8:30 Saturday, October 24, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 October 2015, 11:24 by GxMedia Sugar workers at all estates across the country were Monday on strike because management has refused to hold negotiations for increased pay until the disclosure of the findings of a Commission of Inquiry into the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guyscuo) President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 October 2015, 21:33 by GxMedia Reproduced from DNAInfoby Katie Honan EAST HARLEM — NYPD divers recovered a firearm from the East River early Sunday that may have been used to fatally shoot Police Officer Randolph Holder last week, officials said. Scuba divers from the NYPD’s Harbor Unit searched in the dark of the river on their stomachs, finding the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 October 2015, 21:28 by GxMedia Reproduced from New York Timesby Liz Robbins After the candles started dripping and a police commander wiped his tears, Randolph Holder Sr. walked from the clutch of his extended family and addressed those standing in the back of the vigil held for his son, a police officer killed in the ...