By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is reporting that the post-mortem examination on the body of the man who was found late Saturday night on an East Coast road, has found that his injuries are consistent with a vehicular accident. The 20-year-old Hemchand Dalchand, was last seen by loved ones early Saturday night when he left his […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2018
Caribbean & International, News
Guyana’s leading conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, has recorded profits of $4.2 billion for 2017 and is now making moves to get its products on more of the Caribbean markets. At the company’s annual general meeting on Saturday, shareholders were told that Banks DIH products can now be found across the United States, particularly in New […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2018
Crime
An East Bank Demerara man from the community of Herstelling is nursing two gunshot wounds after he was shot by a Policeman he attacked on Friday morning. The Policeman is also in the hospital nursing chop wounds that he sustained after coming under attack by the man. According to a Police report, ranks were called […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2018
News, Politics
The new Cheddi Jagan International Airport is on schedule to be completed by the end of this year. It is currently undergoing US$150 million in expansion works. When completed, the terminal building area will increase from 13,431 to 13,737 square metres, checking counters will be increased from 20 to 32, and the runway length will […]
By News Source Guyana on January 27, 2018
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is not too pleased with some of the statements that were made by the President of the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union following a meeting between the Union and the Government. GAWU represents the largest number of sugar workers, including the thousands who were recently laid off as GuySuCo started […]
By News Source Guyana on January 27, 2018
Sports
(TT Newsday) Former West Indies and Guyana batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has called on the administrators of Cricket West Indies (CWI) to pad up and take the field and help the West Indies qualify for the 2019 ICC World Cup. Sarwan, in a Facebook post yesterday, ridiculed the CWI for the situation it has found itself […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2018
News, Politics
Georgetown City Councillor, Junior Garrett died this afternoon after collapsing at his office. Earlier today, Council workers said he appeared full of energy as he made a presentation at one of the Finance Committee meetings of the Council as they prepared the budget. He left the meeting just after it ended and reportedly went back […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2018
News, Politics
Guyana will be moving to conduct more surveillance of the bordering regions in wake of the discovery of an illegal road that links Guyana to Venezuela in one of the border communities. There has also been growing concern from Guyanese in the bordering regions about the number of Venezuelan criminal gangs that are coming over […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2018
News, Politics
As Guyana awaits word from the United Nations Secretary General on the next step in the efforts to end the border controversy with Venezuela, President David Granger has expressed confidence that the current Good Officer’s Process will lead to a juridical settlement. Guyana has been pressing the UN to transfer the issue to the International […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2018
News, Politics
As presentations on the Petroleum Commission Bill continue, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has disclosed that he intends to approach Cabinet to make changes to the Bill which has already advanced to a second reading in the National Assembly. Trotman told reporters on Thursday that the amendments to the Bill, once approved by Cabinet, will seek […]