Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 19:56 by GxMedia The way has been cleared for Local Government Elections to be held on any date between mid March and the end of May, 2016, according to thr Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The elections management authority said it was now up to Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan to set the date ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 18:02 by GxMedia The son of former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds was Friday sentenced to two months imprisonment after he was convicted on a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm. Samuel Hinds Jr was, however, granted GUY$50,000 bail by Magistrate Annette Singh pending an appeal. He was found guilty for assaulting his ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 16:30 by GxMedia The Hindu Festival of Lights – Diwali- is turning out to be a political football, with the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) saying that government’s decision to name November 10 as the date has put it at odds with a large section of the East Indian community. Trinidad and Tobago ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 14:51 by GxMedia Police said atapproximately 2030h. on Thursday October 22, 2015, five men, one of whom was armed with a handgun and the others with cutlasses entered the home of Andy Sookram, 54 years of 82 Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, EBD. There, they tied up Andy Sookram and occupants Andrew Sookram, 18 years ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 11:22 by GxMedia Guyana Goldfields has dismissed Venezuela’s claim of illegal operations at the Aurora gold mine as “unfounded” in a move aimed at quelling possible fears by investors. The Toronto, Canada-headquartered company said “it recently received an unfounded notification of a possible legal claim from Venezuela.” Word of the October 13, 2015 letter ...

Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2015, 1:47 by GxMedia Director of Prisons, Welton Trotz was Thursday arraigned on a charge of sexual assault and granted GUY$100,000 bail. Trotz, who is a former Assistant Police Commissioner, pleaded not guilty when he appeared before City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore. He is due to return to court on October 27 before Chief Magistrate, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 22:13 by GxMedia As relatives prepare to return the body of a New York policeman to his native Guyana for burial, the Guyana Ex-Police Association of America condemned the shooting death of Randolph Holder. “We openly condemn this vicious wanton act against yet another member of the New York City Police Department,” said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 21:04 by GxMedia Guyana’s President, David Granger on Thursday laid down conditions for discussing the territorial dispute with Suriname over the New River Triangle including access to documents and no use of force. “Guyana, in view of the fact that there is at present a mechanism for addressing this matter, is willing to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 19:41 by GxMedia President David Granger on Thursday said Venezuela has objected to the mining of a gold by a Canadian gold mining company, but he insisted that his country has a legal right to all of the Essequibo Region onshore and offshore. Rejecting claims by Venezuela that it was violating the Geneva ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 19:03 by GxMedia The Chairman of Guyana’s Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally is to head a Caribbean Community (Caricom) mission to observe Haiti’s upcoming elections, the regional headquarters announced Thursday. The mission will observe the first round of the Presidential Elections and the second round of the Legislative Elections which will take place ...