By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2018
Crime, News
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slow is leading the list of persons recommended by the Committee of Appointments of the National Assembly to be appointment to the Police Service Commission. Also recommended were Retired Assistant Commissioner Clinton Conway and Retired Woman Assistant Commissioners of Police, Vesta Adams and Claire Jarvis. The recommendations will now be […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued the most recent private criminal charges filed by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall against three sitting Government Ministers. Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams confirmed this afternoon that the private criminal charges against Ministers Winston Jordan, Rupert Roopnarine and David Patterson have been discontinued. The Opposition People’s Progressive […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
With efforts afoot to repair a local government system that suffered years of neglect, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan on Thursday morning issued a stern warning to persons directly involved with the management of the financial resources for the various councils. He made it clear that there will be “no shelter” neither will Central Government condone […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News, Politics
Town Clerk of Georgetown Royston King today rejected the possibility of the cash-strapped Council seeking any form of financial assistance from Central Government. King withheld support for such a move even as the Georgetown Mayor and City Council continues to fall behind in its payment to staff, its payment of utilities and also has huge […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
News
Two months after being pitched from a utility pole while installing internet cables, a GTT technician has died. The man, David Kunath, died early this morning, just one day after he was released from the hospital following multiple surgeries. Kunath had been nursing serious burns and other injuries about his body. It was early on […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2018
Crime, News
One day after strangling his reputed wife to death, a West Bank Demerara man has now succumbed to his self inflicted injuries. Forty-year-old Nigel Glasgow died early this morning after Police rushed him back to the hospital following his complaints of pain. The man was taken to the West Demerara Hospital yesterday after he was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
Opinions, Politics
By United States Ambassador Perry L. Holloway Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that patents, trademarks, and copyright play in promoting innovation, creativity, and progress. As we celebrate this year under the worldwide theme “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity,” we recognize the ingenuity […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
News, Politics
The Guyana Public Service union is calling for a comprehensive safety and health audit at workplaces occupied by state-employed workers and for immediate steps to be taken, where necessary, to effect upgrading measures. The call by the union is in response to the situation that developed at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. At the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
Crime
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, a young security guard was charged for stealing money from his employer, the Massy Company. 20-year-old, Shaq Williams stood before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and entered a plea of not guilty. The Court heard that on the 20th April at the Massy Ruimveldt location, he allegedly stole $430,000 cash, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2018
Crime, News
A man who slaughters animals for a living, during the wee hours of this morning killed his reputed wife at their Wales, West Bank Demerara home. The man who has been identified as Nigel Glasgow is currently at the West Demerara Regional Hospital under police guard. Relatives said he ingested a poisonous substance after murdering […]