By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2017
Crime, News
A young woman has found herself facing serious charges for posting nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend. 30-year-0ld, North Ruimveldt resident, Neketa Cooper stood before Magistrate Judy Latchman today after she was charged for posting the nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend on social media. The woman denied the allegations. The charge stated that between June 1, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2017
News, Politics
In wake of the crash of three aircraft, which were all operating shuttle flights at the time of the incidents, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has announced an immediate suspension of shuttle services. Shuttling services refer to the operations between small interior airstrips, mostly to ferry fuel and other cargo. Some airlines would conduct dozens […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2017
News, Politics
The over 100 workers of the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) will receive a 10 percent wage increase effective from September 1, 2017. Mayor of Linden Carwyn Holland said after many years, workers will now benefit from the 10 percent increase in their wages. The employees were unable to receive an increase earlier due to […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2017
Crime, News
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, three men were released on $60,000 bail each, after they were charged for stealing four cows. 20-year-old Quesan Frank of Tabathinga, 18-year-old Curtis Charles of Tabathinga and 28-year-old Ivor Rodriquez of Bartica, all appeared in court today and entered not guilty pleas. The Court was told that between the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2017
News
A 1993 house lot applicant is the first owner and occupant of a duplex home constructed by the government under its latest housing project for low, moderate and middle-income families. Forty-six- year-old Deborah Wilson was handed the keys to the two-bedroom, fully completed $6.8 million home on Tuesday by Minister with Responsibility for Housing, Valerie […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2017
Crime, News
A robbery attempt turned out deadly for a suspected bandit this morning after he was struck down then shot dead by a security guard after trying to snatch a bag from a businesswoman. The incident occurred on the Railway embankment road at Lilliendaal. According to reports, the woman who was in the company of the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2017
News
An already cash strapped Georgetown City Council is being asked by two citizens to pay compensation of several million dollars, one by a woman who fell into a poorly secured manhole at the Route #42 bus park and another by a man whose vehicle was stripped after seized by City Constabulary Officers. Mayor Patricia Chase-Green […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger has announced that Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton will, as of September 1, assume responsibility for Culture Youth and Sport, allowing Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry to focus on improving the quality of and access to education countrywide. In a statement, the Ministry of the Presidency said Dr. Norton […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2017
News, Politics
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has further delayed the vote on the parking meter project. At a statutory meeting this afternoon, the Council agreed to discuss the fate of the parking meter project during a special session on September 7th. The move, which in effect delays the vote, comes as brightly coloured posters supporting paid parking […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2017
News
As the investigations get underway into Sunday’s plane crash that claimed the life of pilot, Imran Khan, the investigators are getting a closer look of the scene as they begin their probe. Based on photographs from the scene of the wreckage, the small cessna aircraft is suspected of hitting a mountain in the Region Eight […]