Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 16:55 by GxMedia Finance Minister, Winston Jordan said Wednesday that Guyana’s financial laws are being amended to ensure the country complies with a United States (US) law that requires other countries to hand over banking information about Americans and Permanent residents. “What we are doing here is not in response to what’s in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 17:30 by GxMedia The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says during the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, November 17, a damaged cooling component on the No. 11 Engine at Bartica necessitated the engine being taken offline thus reducing available capacity to the Township. At present, only the No. 10 Engine remains in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 17:30 by GxMedia The eGovernment Unit  has begun rolling out Wi- Fi networks in schools, while Hinterland and remote areas are expected to benefit from internet access by the end of the first quarter of 2016, the Ministry of the Presidency said Tuesday. eGovernment Advisor, Floyd Levi, in an invited comment said that ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 17:30 by GxMedia Two men, one of whom was caught swallowing cocaine pellets at a hotel, were Tuesday remanded to prison on a charge of conspiring to traffick in cocaine. They are 44-year old taxi driver, Hubert Smith of 3464 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown carpenter, Dwayne Adams of 38 William Street, Golden Grove. They ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 17:29 by GxMedia Well-known historian and educator, Tota Mangar was attacked at knife and gunpoint Monday night and robbed of his vehicle moments after he entered it. Mangar, who currently heads a World Bank-funded education project , said he sustained a slight cut under his chin during the ordeal that occurred at about ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2015, 16:57 by GxMedia Police were Monday said to be probing the invasion of a gold mining camp at Puruni, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) by nine persons including six gunmen  and three known businessmen in what appears to be linked to the ownership of the concession. Divisional Police Commander, Ravindradat Budhram said police were investigating ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2015, 16:31 by GxMedia The United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloways says that in his interaction with President David Granger he has not arrived at the conclusion that the President is a racist. In an interview with a group of reporters on Monday morning, the Ambassador related that he has not read the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2015, 16:13 by GxMedia Persons travelling to and from Guyana by air could soon feel a bit more comfortable that they would be safer, while miscreants would experience greater difficulty getting past tighter security systems. The United States and Guyana on Monday formally agreed to boost aviation security here through training, management and equipment.  ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2015, 5:24 by GxMedia Guyana has finally moved much closer to appointing its top diplomats to major Western Nations , Brazil, Cuba, and India senior officials confirmed at the weekend to Demerara Waves Online News. A senior government minister, who is intimately aware of the process, said several names have been proposed to President ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2015, 2:25 by GxMedia The Guyana government is for now treating the ongoing controversy between the management of Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) and several private aviation operators as a “private matter” but there would be room for the Competition Commission to address some of their concerns. “That is still a private matter but the ...