Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 22:44 by GxMedia Minister of Social Cohesion Hon. Amna Ally Friday rejected People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee questioning the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about the racial composition of the staff of that elections management authority. Coming one day after GECOM Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally rubbished Rohee’s questions about race and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 22:44 by GxMedia By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname; Romano Meriba (31), fosterson of Suriname’s president Desi Bouterse, has been arrested Friday in Paramaribo after he reported himself to a police station.  The Public Relations Department of the Suriname Police Force released a statement confirming the arrest. According the police Meriba has been arrested ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 22:44 by GxMedia Even as the Ogle Airport Inc. fended off claims that a clique is behaving anti-competitively to the detriment of most domestically-owned operators, the company signaled it was open to the facility being governed by law instead of a contentious draft agreement. Chief Executive Officer of Ogle Airport Inc; Anthony Mekdeci ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 19:58 by GxMedia The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, Angela Johnson died Friday afternoon after a brief illness, sources said. She passed away at a city hospital. Staff members of the Ministry of Public Security are said to be shocked at her death. She had been away from duty for ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:30 by GxMedia Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has affirmed that crime is not spiraling out of control, but is in fact projected to decrease. Blanhum made the disclosure at a presentation on Friday morning where the police force is currently revealing its plans to prevent crime in the festive season. According to the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 10:34 by GxMedia Brazil has donated an estimated GUY$26 million worth of equipment to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), as part of an ongoing cooperation between the two countries. The equipment was handed over Thursday by Brazilian Ambassador, Lineu Pupo De Paula to GDF Chief Of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips, at Base Camp ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 1:17 by GxMedia PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Monday confirmed five case of Zika virus in a territory of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARPHA did not name the country but other news reports, including statements by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the World Health ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2015, 0:47 by GxMedia Even as the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Thursday expressed disgust at the refusal by House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland to summon a sitting of the National Assembly to debate the increased salaries to ministers and parliamentarians, PPPC Executive Member Gail Teixeira denied that Parliament had been prorogued to avoid ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2015, 23:38 by GxMedia Two adult and 25 juvenile Arapaimas were safely moved from a drying pond located upstream the Essequibo River from the Iwokrama River Lodge, the Iwokrama Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development said Thursday. “With the critical dry season currently being experienced in that region due to the El Nino effect, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 November 2015, 23:23 by GxMedia The Guyana Ex-Police Association of America Inc. and  Guyana’s Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud are at odds over his participation in an event organised by a group in New York to raise funds for the children of policemen and women who have died in the line of duty. But the Commissioner ...