By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2024
News, Politics
The Government is moving to shake up management at the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation as it is preparing to name a new Chief Executive Officer. News Source has learnt that former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Paul Cheong, is set to become the new GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer. Senior Government sources have indicated to […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2024
Crime, News
Almost one month after a speeding sand truck slammed into her car, 30-year-old Temeca Kerr passed away at the Georgetown Hospital this morning without ever regaining consciousness. The accident occurred on the 25th February. Kerr was driving her car Camp Street when a speeding sand truck slammed into the car as she was attempting to […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2024
Crime, News
The life of 84-year-old retired Headmaster, Moses Elias was snuffed out on Friday morning when a fire that investigators suspect was deliberately set, ripped through his Beterverwagting home. In a statement, the Guyana Fire Service said it received an emergency call at around 4 o’clock on Friday morning about a fire along Plot Obaz in […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
Elections, News, Politics
In January of this year, the Government made a decision that the Ministry of Education would only engage in negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on a fresh multi-year agreement, starting 2024, according to the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain. He made that revelation today while he was being cross-examined for a third […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir, has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd, calling for the urgent convening of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations in wake of Venezuela’s purported creation of anew state in Guyana’s Essequibo. In a statement this afternoon, Walton-Desir described the latest development […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Government today expressed its great concern over the adoption of a law by the Venezuelan National Assembly declaring the Essequibo region of Guyana, which constitutes more than two thirds of the country’s national territory, to part of Venezuela. The move by Venezuela comes three months after Venezuelan voted in a referendum to officially […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
Crime, News
A 56-year-old labourer was shot dead, execution-style on Thursday night in Sophia by a lone gunman who escaped on a bicycle. The dead labourer has been identified as Courtney Younge of Section D, Sophia. A Police statement explained that according to Younge’s friend, Vincent Cozier, the two were sitting in a yard at the construction […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
In a closely guarded visit to Guyana that lasted a few hours on Thursday, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns met with President Irfaan Ali and top Guyana Security Officials. The visit to Guyana was secretive, as there were no announcements of the visit before the CIA Director arrived, and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has announced that the Opposition has informed the United Nations (UN) about the “misinformation and untruths” that were told to the UN Human Rights Committee by the Guyana Government, as the country underwent its periodic review on human rights this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Norton […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
Crime, News
A 20-year-old security guard attached to the Cerberus Security company is in custody following the shooting death of a 19-year-old handyman attached to a Lusignan Auto Sales company on Thursday. The dead handyman has been identified as Jared Jaganand. According to a Police statement, the security guard was on duty at the auto dealership, while […]