Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 11:32 by GxMedia Guyana is considering its options to force a Chinese company to pay the US$5 million outstanding from the sale of government’s shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) for US$30 million, according to a senior government official. The Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 2:09 by GxMedia One person was killed and several others were injured in a three-vehicle smash-up on the Sparendaam Public Road, East Coast Demerara. Preliminary information received is that a minibus, BPP 6074, and car, PTT 9788, were travelling in a westerly direction when the mishap occurred.  The bus and car drivers were ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 21:59 by GxMedia The country’s anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI),  Tuesday called on Public Infrastructure Minister  David Patterson to release details of a probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement of pre-paid electricity meters and accused government of double-standards in dealing with those accused of corruption. “GPL is a major ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 20:39 by GxMedia The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Tuesday suggested that the coalition administration so far appeared to have given lip-service to the plight of the lowly-paid sweeper-cleaners in their quest to be paid at least the minimum wage. President of that union, Patrick Yarde said current elected officials of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 20:02 by GxMedia Authorities hope to use the engine numbers of a go-fast boat that was found on the North West District (NWD) beach to track down its owners because the vessel was used in illegal activity, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said Tuesday. “It is our belief that ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 11:25 by GxMedia Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan is defying requests made by Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes and civil society to remove the hide of a Jaguar – Guyana’s national animal, from the walls of his office. Over the past months several requests have been made and a social media campaign mounted to get ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2015, 22:37 by GxMedia The Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington Monday denied having any knowledge that the development of lands at Pradoville 2 were for top elected and other officials of the previous government. Brassington said all that NICIL was required to do was to spend more ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2015, 21:51 by GxMedia Head of government’s holding company for government assets, Winston Brassington Monday afternoon denied any wrongdoing and instead accused a forensic auditor, Anand Goolsarran of divulging contents of the draft report without giving the company’s principal’s an opportunity to comment. “As far as I know I have not broken any laws ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 December 2015, 18:47 by GxMedia The main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Monday suggested that members of the Disciplined Services have been deprived of an extra one-month salary which would have been more than the across-the-board GYD$50,000 bonus. “How could you equate fifty-thousand (dollars) with a man who may be getting let’s say a ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 December 2015, 11:34 by GxMedia Nine persons will not be having a Merry Christmas this year as fire early Sunday morning destroyed a house at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. Sources say investigators believe the fire was caused by children playing with matches. The blaze occurred at 99 Lusignan Pasture at a house owned by United ...