Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 15:13 by GxMedia Prime Minister, Moses Nagamoootoo says none of the cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (Guysuco) estates would be closed, and hinted that there could be a greater role for the private sector in the industry. Based on his reading of the Sugar Industry Commission of Inquiry’s report, he said definitively that none ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 11:37 by GxMedia A woman perished early Sunday morning after a produce-laden truck plunged into the Demerara River while the driver reversed to pick up a bag of boulanger that fell off the vehicle. She is 22-year old  Gangaday Persaud  of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. She was a mother of one. Her partner, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 11:11 by GxMedia Guyana’s former facilitator in the border controversy with Venezuela, Ralph Ramkarran has claimed that former President Bharrat Jagdeo had proposed a juridical settlement to his then Venezuelan counterpart, Huge Chavez 10 years ago. Ramkarran noted that that contrasted with Jagdeo’s recent concerns that a juridical settlement might scale back the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 November 2015, 2:16 by GxMedia Sugar workers have abandoned plans to stage another strike to press demands for the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the unions to begin wage negotiations. A senior official of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) confirmed to Demerara Waves that the workers would not be going ...