By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2018
News, Politics
With ExxonMobil announcing its tenth oil find in Guyana, the Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, is encouraging Guyanese to look beyond the oil and gas for benefits from the sector. In an interview, he explained that employment opportunities will be available for a number of sectors that will benefit from oil […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2018
News, Politics
As the budget debates continued this morning, the opposition’s point man on public health, Dr. Frank Anthony, lashed out at the government over some its procurement practices for the health sector, telling the National Assembly that the Government has been paying for drugs that are not being delivered. “What is unbelievable Mr. Speaker is that […]
By News Source Guyana on December 4, 2018
News, Politics
President David Granger has indicated that his chemotherapy schedule that is part of his cancer treatment, will continue until May of next year. He is expected to make a number of trips to Cuba until he completes the treatment there. The President and his wife left Guyana early this morning for Cuba where he will […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2018
News, Politics
The debate of the 2019 national budget opened this morning in the National Assembly with Opposition frontbencher and former Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, accusing the government of packing the budget with wasteful spending that will not have any impact on the ordinary Guyanese. In his 35-minute response to the Finance Minister’s four […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2018
News, Politics
One day after the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced a ban on beach parties behind the Marriott hotel, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, has explained that the move was triggered by Court action filed by the parent company for the Marriott hotel in Guyana. Speaking to News Source this morning, Mr. Patterson said Atlantic […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2018
News, Politics
Minister of Public Health and Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence has issued an apology over her statement that she only has PNC friends and would only hire PNC people. Her statement received widespread criticism. In an interview with News Source at Parliament buildings this morning, Ms. Lawrence said “I am not […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2018
News, Politics
Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe this morning announced that United States oil giant ExxonMobil has made its 10th discovery offshore Guyana at the Pluma-1 well. This latest discovery has increased the estimated recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels. “This is great news for Guyana…the country is […]
By News Source Guyana on December 2, 2018
News
An afternoon row between a couple turned deadly when the woman armed herself with a knife and stabbed her reputed husband to death. Dead is 38-year-old Victor Roberts of Prince William Street, Plaisance. His assailant has since been arrested. A Police report said the murder took place just after 12:30 this afternoon in the East […]
By News Source Guyana on December 2, 2018
Crime, News
Known for asking questions, Anchor and Senior Reporter of the HGPTV Nightly News, Travis Chase has found himself facing questioning by the Police after he shot a man to the leg early this morning. A police statement said Chase, who is a licensed firearm holder, was dropping off his girlfriend at her DeAbreau Street, Kitty […]
By News Source Guyana on December 2, 2018
Sports
They might be considered the Williams sisters of squash, but its a totally different game when they set sibling rivalry aside on the squash court. National squash player Akeila Wiltshire copped her maiden senior title at the BCIC All Jamaica Senior Squash Championships in Jamaica last month. Akeila Wiltshire secured her first major win at […]