By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News, Politics
The new PPP Civic government which campaigned on the promise of reopening the sugar estates that were closed under the previous government is not setting any timeline for any such reopening. Minister of Agriculture Zulficar Mustapha during a virtual press conference today said the situation will have to be properly assessed before any timeline could […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News, Politics
In the past 24 hours, Guyana recorded a total of 34 new Coronavirus cases taking the total number of active cases to 391. In its COVID-19 dashboard which was released this afternoon, the Health Ministry revealed that recoveries remain at 189. There are also four persons in the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the Georgetown […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News
A Sophia family of five has been left homeless after fire gutted their small wooden home this afternoon. The fire service was summoned to the scene just before 2pm but there was nothing that could have been saved. The 26-year-old mother of three, Lashana Mohamed was asleep in the house when she was awakened by […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
News
In a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress on Monday, party leader, David Granger laid down the 10-point criteria that he nicknamed “the 10 commandments”, that will guide the party’s selection of the members who will be heading to the National Assembly as part of the APNU+AFC coalition. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on August 11, 2020
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Customs officials in the port of Hamburg in Germany have unearthed what has been described as the largest single cocaine haul in the country in recent years. Officials in Germany are reporting that 1.5 tons of cocaine was found stashed in a container with a rice shipment from Guyana. The container arrived aboard the container […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has expressed concern again about the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. Over the weekend alone, 30 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of cases in the country to 568 with 357 of those cases remaining active. The majority of new cases are from Regions […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
Crime, News
Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes, who is representing the interests of the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting that she discontinues the private criminal charges that he is facing. Back in July, Mr. Lowenfield was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and misconduct in public office. He was […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
The Office of the President has announced that the Ministries of Finance and Natural Resources will both fall under the Office of the President directly. The announcement comes as the Government is still to name a Finance Minister. A Natural Resources Minister was named but there was some concern about his experience in the area […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change met over the weekend to decide on the nine persons it will be sending to Parliament as part of the APNU+AFC coalition in opposition. News Source understands that youth members, Juretha Fernandes and Sherod Duncan are likely to be among the AFC’s Nine members. The other nominees for Parliament from the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana and Suriname have started bilateral talks under their new governments, hoping to fast track and push a number of development projects that could benefit the two bordering nations. On Sunday, President Irfaan Ali and Suriname’s President Chan Santokhi held discussions along with their Foreign Affairs Ministers on a number of wide-ranging issues for both […]