Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 23:20 by GxMedia The bodies of two unidentified persons were Monday afternoon found at the Kingston foreshore, Georgetown in what appears to be a double suicide, according to police sources. The names of the man and woman were not immediately known as there were no forms of identification in their possession. Bottles containing ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 22:39 by GxMedia Ensurge, Inc. (Trading Symbol: ESGI) announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of North American Resources Inc. Ltd. (“NARIL”). NARIL is a Guyana mining company that has been conducting gold exploration and mining for over twenty years. NARIL currently operates two cutterhead dredges on the Konawaruk river. Gold production ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 22:23 by GxMedia Guyana could soon be exporting paddy to Mexico but there would be a nine percent tariff on imports if businesses there decide to buy the grain, the Office of the Prime Minister said Monday. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said the Mexican Agriculture Minister Jose Calzada has now given the assurance ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 20:44 by GxMedia A Guyana-born American woman was Monday convicted and fined for exporting finches (towa-towa) illegally. Chief Magistrate Ann Ann McLennan fined Ranjit Singh Takurdin GUY$75,000 after she pleaded guilty to the offence. The prosecution’s case is that on October 31, 2015 at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, East Bank Demerara ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 18:16 by GxMedia Caribbean farmers Monday knuckled the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) for doing little to get the regional agricultural industry off the ground, even as a Pacific – Caribbean Agro-Food forum seeks to build on small achievements so far. Addressing the opening session of the forum, President of the Caribbean Farmers Network ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 10:21 by GxMedia The state-owned and operated Guyana Sugar Corporation has warned sugar workers that they could be in for a bleak Christmas if they down tools again to pressure management into holding pay talks. “If protest action continues, it could spell a grim Christmas for sugar workers and their families,” Guysuco said ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 10:20 by GxMedia Other flours- cassava, sweet potato and breadfruit- are increasingly being regarded as major weapons in the fight against diabetes and other non—communicable diseases, according to a top agricultural expert. International Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) Representative to Barbados, Ena Harvey said her organisation was pushing the use of high-fibre ...

Last Updated on Monday, 2 November 2015, 10:19 by GxMedia President and Commander-in-Chief- of the Armed Forces, Brigadier David Granger Sunday declared that November 1, this year and every year hereafter, will be observed throughout the nation as ‘Defence Force Day”. The President was at the time delivering message at a church service held in commemoration of the Guyana Defence ...