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Two days after a confrontation between two private security guards and the Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes and her driver, the Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, has met with one of the security guards and has offered an apology. Lawrence’s meeting took place last evening at the same New Thriving […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure in a statement this afternoon said it is not contemplating any increases to the Berbice Bridge toll. In the statement through the Department of Public Information, the Government said it stands by its decision to reduce tolls in fulfilling a campaign commitment, and will continue to work with the Berbice […]
With its prices already lower than its competitors, the state-owned Guyoil has approved a reduction in the prices for gas and diesel at its stations. News Source understands that the reduction will take effect from Wednesday. Sources close to the company have indicated that gas prices will now go to $226 per litre while the […]
Officials of the Berbice Bridge Company are expressing fears that the company could become bankrupt if its repeated requests to have tolls increases are not approved by the government in the shortest possible time. BCCI’s Chairman, Dr. Surendra Persaud said the Bridge Company dispatched letters to the government three times during 2015 and 2016, asking […]
The Guyana Police Force has detained a private chartered aircraft which arrived in Guyana on Monday afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. It is suspected that the aircraft might have been using a false registration number and other false documents. The airplane arrived in Guyana just after 3 o’ clock on Monday afternoon. When Customs […]
Police detectives are probing the death of a Campbellville man and his son. Investigators were called to the man’s home at Delph Ave. and Craig Street after the bodies of the two men were discovered in the house in a partly decomposed state. The two had not been heard from or seen for the past […]
He must have been tired of living a life as a thief, so during a break-in at a home, 48-year-old Paul Narine decided to take a nap, but was awakened by the homeowner and turned over to Police. In Court today, the man was sentenced to 24 months in jail after he pleaded guilty to […]
On the same day that the independent Stabroek News in its editorial lashed out at the President for over the lack of Presidential press conferences, the President said his busy schedule was responsible for his lack of frequent and structured engagements with the local press corps. Speaking on the sidelines of the opening of an […]
Two persons are in Police custody assisting with investigations into the stabbing death of a 15-year-old boy at a wedding house. The incident reportedly took place early this morning at Soesdyke. According to a Police statement, the teenager has been identified as Ricardo Singh. He was reportedly at a wedding celebration and was discovered with […]
A stop at the New Thriving Restaurant at Providence last evening by Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes and her staff, turned into a major confrontation resulting in two private security guards being arrested and questioned. The Minister and her staff were returning to the city from Linden on Sunday evening when […]
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