By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2017
News, Politics
Chief Justice (acting), Roxanne George-Wiltshire on Monday handed down her interpretation of the Constitutional requirements for the selection of a Chairman of the Elections Commission. Businessman, Marcel Gaskin had moved to the Court for the interpretation of the Constitution, under Article 161(2), after the first list consisting of a total of six persons was rejected by President […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2017
Crime, News
Moments after a Laing Avenue, Georgetown man was placed on bail for discharging a loaded firearm, he found himself before the same Court and was remanded for being in possession of an illegal firearm. 24-year-old Jermaine Phillips stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and pleaded not guilty to three separate gun related charges. It was alleged […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2017
News, Politics
Millions of dollars spent without evidence of contractual agreements and unaccounted vouchers were just two of the oversteps revealed within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs when it appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday. On what was its third appearance before the PAC over the last month, the Ministry came under heavy criticism for […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2017
Crime, News
A man suspected to have been a known bandit who terrorized person in the Tuschen area, was found dead last night with a bullet wound to his head. He has been identified as 33 year old Eon Currency also known as “muscle”. His body was found last night with his bicycle on the roadside in […]
By News Source Guyana on July 15, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force on Friday night announced the capture of prison escapee, Desmond James. The wanted man was nabbed just after 11:00pm in the Canal #1 area in an abandoned house. He reportedly had a knife and pieces of clothes in his possession. The arrest was made by ranks of D’ Division following a […]
By News Source Guyana on July 15, 2017
Sports
The Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors announced in a release on Wednesday that West Indies Under 19 World Cup Champions player Keemo Paul has been selected as a replacement for Shimron Hetmyer ahead of this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Hetmyer, who was initially selected by the Guyana Amazon Warriors as the West […]
By News Source Guyana on July 15, 2017
Sports
The Fruta Conquerors Football camp has received a significant boost from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company. The company handed over 20 footballs to the youth camp earlier this week GTT’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Allison Parker said that GTT has always had a good relationship with the football club and after the club sent […]
By News Source Guyana on July 14, 2017
News
The Guyana Police Force announced on Friday night that it has launched a search for a male suspect in the death of a 75-year-old, Crabwood Creek woman. The elderly woman, identified as Jasodra Kalisar, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital today after she was attacked, beaten and raped in her home in the wee hours of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 14, 2017
Crime, News
Three persons died on Friday night following yet another tragic accident along the Linden Soesdyke Highway. The Police Public Relations Department confirmed the number of fatalities. The accident occurred just around 8 o’ clock in the Kairuni area along the highway, when the motorcar, that the persons were in, slammed into a parked truck that […]
By News Source Guyana on July 14, 2017
Crime, News
Five men, including two bank employees and two policemen, were today slapped with a slew of attempted robbery and gun and ammunition possession charges in the July 4th attempted robbery at Republic Bank, on Water Street. The men, Jamal Haynes, Keron Saunders, Gladston George, Anfernee Blackman and Shawn Grimmond made their way into the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court […]
