By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
News, Politics
The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Development Fund, Rodinald Soomer, signed a Loan Agreement this morning which will effectively see 175 farmers from communities in Regions 4 and 5 benefit from improvement to agricultural infrastructure. The loan agreement will see a total of just over US$12.4 million being […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Crime, News
Just three weeks after a North East La Penitence couple tied the knot, promising until death they’ll part, the family has been plunged into mourning. The newlywed man, 26-year-old, Matthew Scott, was shot dead by a gunman last evening just outside his house, as he rushed to his sister’s aid. According to reports, the sister […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
News
(Washington Post) E.R. Braithwaite, a Guyanese author whose book about his experiences as a black man teaching in a largely white school in London, “To Sir, With Love,” became a bestseller and inspired a popular 1967 film starring Sidney Poitier, died Dec. 12 at a hospital in Rockville, Md. He was 104. He lived in Washington […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Crime, News
A 21-year-old Guyanese man was gunned down in bed beside his girlfriend in Queens New York and investigators believe he was killed over $1,200 that his girlfriend is alleged to have stolen. The dead man has been identified as Eric Assanah. According to the New York Daily News, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said that […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
The third edition of the Smalta Girls’s Pee-Wee football Championships will be contested by St. Angela’s and West Ruimveldt after the two side won their semi-final matches on Monday at the Ministry of Education Ground. St. Angela’s passage to the final came after a tough battle with South Ruimveldt which they won 2-1 after the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
(SportsMax) – According to SportsMax, “our sources inform that former West Indies and Guyana batsman Travis Dowlin has been appointed to the selection panel of the West Indies Cricket Board”. The 39-year-old former right hand batsman fills a vacancy that had been created following the departure of former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
One of Guyana’s football prodigies, Jeremy Garrett will be heading to Portugal next year for another try-out at Sporting Clube de Portugal, which could see him being signed by the marque European club. According to Alex Bunbury, Guyana Football Ambassador and the man who made the audition possible, “he made a good impression on his […]
By News Source Guyana on December 13, 2016
News
A 30-year-old taxi driver died last evening after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a power pole and a parked car on the East Bank of Demerara. According to reports, Sophia resident, Trenton Dazzel, was returning to the city after dropping off a passenger at Soesdyke when the accident occurred at the Den […]
By News Source Guyana on December 13, 2016
News
Two new permanent Passport offices outside of Georgetown will be constructed in 2017. Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix made the announcement this morning during the consideration of the budget estimates for Citizenship and Immigration Services Programme under the Ministry of the Presidency. Mr. Felix explained that a provision of $50 Million will go towards the construction […]
By News Source Guyana on December 13, 2016
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that it has seized a total of 96 weapons for the year so far. Of that number, 42 were pistols, 28 were revolvers, 24 were shotguns and 2 were rifles. The statement did not indicate where the various weapons were seized or under what circumstances. However, the Police Force also […]