By News Source Guyana on December 11, 2016
News
The Private Sector in Guyana has been plunged into a state of shock with the sudden passing of the President of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association, Eon Caesar. Caesar passed away on Friday in neighbouring Trinidad shortly after he was medivaced to a specialty hospital there. He was 43-years-old. Mr. Caesar who served as the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition, Bharat Jagdeo, speaking in parliament on the final day of Budget Debate 2017 has said that the government has to be judged on its fulfillment of promises to the people. He said the government cannot base its performance on the standards of the past government, adding that if they do not […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
News
Plans are moving apace for a new Demerara river bridge to be built. The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation this morning signed a contract with Dutch company LievenseCSO. The contract covers the production of a Feasibility Study and the Design for the new Demerara River Crossing. During the signing of the contract, Minister within the Ministry of […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
Crime, News
General Secretary and Member of Parliament for the opposition, People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, wants to know whether an actual survey was ever done by the APNU+AFC government that revealed a reduction in crime. The Guyana Police Force has been reporting a reduction in serious and violent crimes when compared to last year, even as […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition and Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday restated his party’s support of the Guyana government’s efforts to move to a juridical settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela. However, he warned that that the Government should ensure it is prepared for any possibility with regard to a recommendation from […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
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A pedestrian, who is still to be identified, died early this morning in another road accident. A 21-year-old driver who was drunk, is in police custody. According to a Police report, the incident took place just after 1:30 this morning along the Friendship/Buxton Public Road on the East Coast Demerara. The 21-year-old man was driving […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
Crime, News
Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes that even as the Police Force continues its fight against crime, citizens must play a role by speaking up against those relatives or friends who may be part of the criminal enterprise. “You see in Guyana here, I have come to learn that silence is violence”, Mr Ramjattan noted. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
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The Bank of Guyana has put a halt to the purchase of Barbadian and Trinidadian dollars from cambios at the central bank, until further notice. The move is to stabilize the foreign currency market. It was recently realized that persons from Trinidad and Barbados have been coming to Guyana to purchase US Currency and Trinidadian and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 9, 2016
News, Politics
The 2017 budget debate took a strange turn on Thursday when the Speaker decided to have some fact checking done on a statement made by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall. During his contribution to the budget debate, Nandlall attacked the government for overspending and used the rental of a drug storage bond as example. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2016
News, Politics
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has declared that the Opposition party’s continued criticism of the proposed 2017 National Budget is nothing more than an attempt at national “deconstruction”. During Thursday’s budget debate, Mr. Greenidge noted that it is especially hard to imagine a Budget debate elsewhere in the world where the Opposition party […]