Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 16:48 by GxMedia Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Thursday announced that a full-scale probe has been launched into an allegation that a detective forced a detainee to have unprotected sex in exchange for a case against him to be dropped. “The Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud, DSM, has instructed that an investigation ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 16:27 by GxMedia (WORLDOIL.COM).- LONDON — With Exxon Mobil reported to be moving the Liza discovery in deepwater Guyana into pre-Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) less than five months after confirming the find, the project has the potential to yield significant returns for investors, according to analysts with research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 15:39 by GxMedia Even as the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre boasts of strict financial accountability, a leading home furnishing store in Guyana on Thursday ploughed GUY$100,000 into an event that the institution hopes would raise at GUY$1 million. Head Teacher at the institution, Anand Mangru received GUY$100,000 from Courts’ Main Street Branch Manager, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2015, 10:12 by GxMedia Fire believed to be of electrical origin early Thursday morning destroyed a house at Costello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. No one was injured in the blaze that occurred on Savage Street.  The names of the occupants were not immediately available, but they are well-known as ‘Boxer Money.’ Residents said since about ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 23:10 by GxMedia The battle lines appeared drawn between the Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), Molly Hassan and the state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper over Wednesday’s publication of her salary and allowances. Her statement came just hours after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo told a news conference that he would ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 February 2020, 22:01 by Writer Controversy has emerged over the appointment of the Chairman of the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TURCB) on grounds that there has not been consultation. Hours after Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo announced that Justice Claudette La Bennett would be chairing the body, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 21:06 by GxMedia Plans are afoot to expand the reach of Guyana’s state-owned television via satellite to propagate messages about the country’s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. “In view of the Venezuelan threat to Guyana, what has now turned out to be a trade and economic embargo ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 20:28 by GxMedia Government hopes that it will soon be able to leverage greater influence on the decision-making body of the Berbice Bridge to lower tolls when the State soon acquires a 10 percent stake in the company. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo at a press conference on Wednesday indicated that the government is ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 19:59 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday said elected office holders deserve higher salaries to avoid a loss of income prior to their appointments. “You have a number of lawyers in the Cabinet who had shut down their offices or leave their practice to come into Cabinet and, therefore, you have ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 16:50 by GxMedia A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman was Wednesday arraigned for allegedly being in unlawful possession of several assault rifle bullets while on a training exercise with the United States (US). Kevin Valladares of 125 Amelia’s Ward, Linden was granted GUY$75,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. He pleaded ...