PPP picks Brigadier Phillips as Ali’s running mate

The Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party this afternoon unanimously endorsed retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips as its Prime Ministerial Candidate. The party made the decision after former Finance Minister and Member of Parliament Bishop Juan Edghill withdrew from the race for the #2 spot. In a […]

Prison break plot foiled at Camp St. jail

The Prison Service has foiled a prison break plan at the Camp Street jail. Prison Director Gladwin Samuels said he was at the jailhouse this morning when it was noticed that several bars of a cell had been cut and secured with a cloth. The prison went into immediate lockdown as the joint services were […]

Republic Bank reversing account management $500 charge

Republic Bank Guyana is reversing a $500 charge that customers noticed being deducted from their accounts at the end of December. The Communications Department of the Bank explained to News Source today that the deduction was automatically processed and is now being reversed. Customers should notice the money being reimbursed to their accounts by the […]

CAL upset with Consumers Affairs Report on its Guyana service

Caribbean Airlines is not happy with a recent report out of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission of Guyana. The report called out the airline on its high prices for Guyanese passengers and claimed that CAL was charging those high prices to sustain some of its less performing routes. In response, Caribbean Airlines denied overpricing […]

Tullow announces another oil find in Guyana

The Tullow Oil company today announced another oil find in Guyana. In a statement, the company said the discovery was made at the Carapa-1 exploration well, which was drilled on the Kanuku licence offshore Guyana. The company has encountered approximately four metres of net oil pay based on preliminary interpretation. The announcement of the discovery […]

3 years, 9 months in jail for woman busted with cocaine and supplier

Two women who were linked to the attempted smuggling of over 3 pounds of cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were today sentenced to 3 years and 9 months jail each. They were also fined $3.9 million each. The women, 36-year-old, Albouystown resident Shellon Yolanda Barrow and 38-year-old, Norton Street resident, Krissy Latoya […]