By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2020
News, Politics
The debate around the growing plantain chip industry and its potential has once again resurfaced and this time, the PPP’s Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, believes that the product is one which his party understands better than the government. Ali made the assertion on Tuesday while addressing residents of Wakenaam – a small island which sits […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The three Presidential Candidates who came under scrutiny over their dual citizenship and were almost removed from contesting the elections, will now be able to remain on their respective party lists and contest the elections. The Public Relations Officer at GECOM, Yolanda Ward told News Source this afternoon that the Elections Commission has made a […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2020
News
The RUSAL Bauxite company is expected to consider rehiring the 326 workers who were terminated earlier this week following an undertaking by the union to facilitate the unblocking of the Berbice River. But the union is adding conditions to any move to have the river unblocked. The bauxite company has been blaming that blockage for […]
By News Source Guyana on February 5, 2020
News, Politics
A Guyanese medical student who returned from China via Suriname last evening created mayhem at the Diamond Hospital after she was taken there from the Cheddi Jagan Airport to undergo an evaluation and additional screening as part of the protocol to deal with the coronavirus. News Source understands that the medical student and her relatives […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has broken its silence on the highly controversial report on Guyana’s oil agreement with ExxonMobil and the government has pointed out that the report failed to identify any incidence of corruption and or malpractice. In a statement this evening, the coalition government said it believes the report was seemingly released to […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
News
The local gay rights group, Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is pushing for the political parties contesting the upcoming elections to include legislative changes to protect the human rights of all Guyanese, especially persons from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community. The LGBT Organization today released a manifesto of its own with some […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
One day after the Global Witness organisation released a report on Guyana’s oil industry, claiming that the country could possibly lose up to US$55 billion because of a “bad” contract with Exxon, the International Energy research group, Rystad Energy is looking at the actual benefits that Guyana will get, based on its own studies and […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Barbadian Prime Minister and Chairman of CARICOM, Mia Mottley believes the region needs to move with the same alacrity to address violence as it is using to take on the global threat of the coronavirus. Ms. Mottley was in Guyana on Monday for a series of meetings with officials of the CARICOM Secretariat. She also […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
News, Politics
A large group of sugar workers from the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates picketed the President’s office this morning, demanding that he gets Guysuco to increase their salaries. Armed with placards carrying slogans about the cost of living and the need for a salary increase, the workers and their union representatives said they want the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2020
Crime, News
One day after a Corentyne farmer was charged for the murders of a resort owner and one of his workers, a 16-year-old boy from the same Corentyne area was charged in connection with the same crime. Because of the age of the teenage accused, his name and identity will not be revealed in keeping with […]