Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 19:48 by GxMedia The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is expected to commence the new motor vehicle registration series “VV” shortly, that licensing and tax agency said Thursday in a statement.  The Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, in his capacity as Chief Licensing Officer has given his approval for the new ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 16:35 by GxMedia Guyanese will Friday know when next year they will be going to the polls to elect local government officials for several towns and village councils. Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan is expected to announce the date at a news conference Friday morning. His impending announcement came little more than one ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 16:09 by GxMedia The two St. Lucian women, who were caught with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport this week, were Thursday fined and jailed for being  in possession of that narcotic for the purpose of trafficking. Cosmetologist 38-year old Chermisa Wheeler and babysitter 43-year old babysitter, Andree Willy pleaded guilty to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 12:01 by GxMedia Guyana has asked the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help determine the pros and cons of re-establishing a development bank to provide soft loans to food producers and manufacturers, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced Wednesday night. “We have just requested CDB to commission a study to examine the demand for ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 11:31 by GxMedia The Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin, has asked government for a two-year extension before it could begin value-added production but it first has to provide additional information before its request is considered, government said in a statement. “The Department has not considered the request and has requested information from the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 November 2015, 5:11 by GxMedia Finance Minister, Winston Jordan Wednesday night announced that construction of a hydropower station at Amaila Falls is back on government’s agenda because Norway wants to ascertain whether the project is feasible. Addressing the annual awards dinner of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Jordan said a new study of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 23:26 by GxMedia Citizenship Minister and Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix has denied being given information about a corruption scheme at the General Registrar Office (GRO) during the time that he was Police Commissioner. It is understood that shortly after taking over the reigns of the Home Affairs Ministry from Ronald Gajraj, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 23:24 by GxMedia A North Ruimveldt, Festival City man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot several times at his Bogey Peak Street home. 37-year-old Christopher Molligan was shot to 8his hand and his buttocks. Neighbours reported hearing four gunshots and later seeing Molligan also known as Chrissy sprawled on ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 23:22 by GxMedia President David Granger says that given the resources at the disposal of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) he is satisfied with the work that the force has done over the past few months in the apprehension of crime. Granger’s statement come at a time when there is a steady call ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 19:32 by GxMedia  Guyana’s former High Commissioner to India, Ronald Gajraj has reportedly filed a lawsuit against  former Home Affairs Minister, Gail Teixeira following some startling revelations in a Wikileaks release. A report in the Guyana Chronicle has cited Teixiera as implicating a named person in a passport and birth certificate racketeering at ...