Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 15:54 by GxMedia The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Wednesday warned government against going ahead with Fedders-Lloyd to build Specialty Hospital or it will move to the court to stop it. The announcement was made by former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. “They have tossed the procurement laws out of the window,” he told a ...
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Trotman back-pedals on front-loading of oil profits from Exxon-Mobil ; listen to interview
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 21:17 by GxMedia More than five days after saying that government would ask American oil giant, Exxon-Mobil, to front-load some of its profits for major projects, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman appeared to have back-pedalled on his position. His confirmation of such a plan came in for mixed reactions including a threat at ...
Read More »Wage talks with govt “nothing of substance” but GPSU still optimistic about hefty pay hike
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 21:13 by GxMedia The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it is not entirely satisfied with wage and salary talks with government in its quest for a 35 percent t pay hike for this year and 40 percent for 2016, Union President Patrick Yarde said Tuesday. “The discussions we have had have not ...
Read More »Remains of woman who jumped over Kaieteur Falls recovered, flown to city
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 19:23 by GxMedia The body of the 23-year old woman, who jumped over the Kaieteur Falls, was Tuesday recovered from the gorge, sources confirmed. The remains and several members of the Guyana Police Force were late Tuesday being flown out from that interior location to Georgetown. Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ...
Read More »Second man charged with the murder of Hamson’sTrading owner
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 18:23 by GxMedia A second person was Tuesday arraigned for the murder of the owner of Hamson’s General Store, Abdul Farouk Ghanie. Charged with the indictable offence is 17-year old Kemo Tyron Evans of 1, Water Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan remanded the accused to prison until January ...
Read More »Pair convicted after 112 kilograms of cocaine imported to Canada from Guyana
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 15:58 by GxMedia Reproduced from The Mississauga Newsby Louie Rosella Two men have been found guilty in connection with a cocaine smuggling operation that saw close to $4 million worth of the drug make its way by sea from Guyana to St. John, New Brunswick, and then to a public storage facility in Mississauga. ...
Read More »Bandits shoot two, grab millions of City Council’s money
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 3:26 by GxMedia The Georgetown Municipality was Monday evening rendered GYD$2 million poorer after bandits shot a City Constable and grabbed cash-filled bags from a Revenue Collector, police said. Injured are City Constable, Aaron Henderson and a bystander, Savitree Singh. Police said that at about 6:15 PM Monday November 30, 2015, revenue collector ...
Read More »Major shake-up looms at GGMC- sources
Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 December 2015, 1:30 by GxMedia If the Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has its way, there will be a major shake-up at that autonomous regulatory agency. Demerara Waves Online News was reliably informed by usually reliable sources that the GGMC’s Board last Thursday decided to express no-confidence in the entity’s Commissioner, ...
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