By News Source Guyana on July 9, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
A coronavirus screening and testing site has been established in the Region 7 mining area of Aranka. The majority of COVID-19 cases in Region Seven are from Aranka. According to the Department of Public Information, the Ministry of Public Health along with a number of other Government agencies including the GGMC and the CDC will […]
By News Source Guyana on July 9, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission is likely to meet on Friday to discuss the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice on the Guyana Election declaration. The GECOM Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh was hoping for a meeting today. The meeting was not convened after it was pointed out to the Chairman by Commissioner Vincent Alexander […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo this evening welcomed the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice, invalidating the Court of Appeal’s decision and the final election report of the Chief Election Officer. In a statement, Mr. Jagdeo described the CCJ’s ruling as strong and clear and said citizens should listen to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
News, Politics
In an impromptu meeting outside State House with a group of supporters who gathered demanding that he be sworn in as President, the incumbent President David Granger admitted that the ruling handed down by the Caribbean Court of Justice this afternoon is not what he wanted to hear. “The CCJ has not allowed the position […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
Crime, News
The suspect in the shooting death of the Sophia horse cart owner died this afternoon after he was involved in a shooting with the Police as they attempted to arrest him. The man, Keron Adams, who went on the run yesterday after he shot and killed horse cart owner Andre Easton, was cornered in Mocha […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
News
In a unanimous decision this afternoon, the Caribbean Court of Justice while asserting its jurisdiction to hear the appeal in the Guyana Election case, threw out the order of the Guyana Appeal Court in the matter and the Chief Election Officer’s report that was submitted to the Elections Commission. The decision invalidates the Guyana Court […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
News, Politics
One man was killed and several of his co-workers were badly injured this midday when a section of the building that they were dismantling collapsed at Industrial Site. They were all attached to a contracting company that was dismantling the building for Banks DIH Limited. The Fire Service and other Emergency services rushed across to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana has recorded 7 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours and all of those new cases are from the Region One sub-district of Mabaruma. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer revealed today that there are now 143 active cases of coronavirus in Guyana with 11 of those cases in the COVID-19 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
Crime, News
As the Guyana Police Force continues its efforts to weed out the drug trade in Guyana, more raids and destruction of marijuana farms are being done. On Monday, a police narcotics eradication exercise was conducted at Bartica Village in the Berbice river. The party of Policemen found a two and a half acre marijuana farm […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News
Low cost Canadian airline West Jet is to operate flights to Guyana this week to ferry home Guyanese nationals who have been stranded in Canada over the past four months. News Source understands that more than 150 Guyanese nationals are stranded in Canada and have been waiting on the opportunity to come home. Just like […]