By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2017
News
The Unicomer Group, which manages the COURTS and Lucky Dollar store, has announced that popular American department store, RadioShack, will be opening its first store in Guyana on Friday. RadioShack will now form part of the Unicomer network of retail stores in Guyana. The first Guyana Store will be located inside the Giftland Mall. In […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2017
News, Politics
As technological advancements continue to dominate the international sphere, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications is working to have Guyana on par with the rest of the world by achieving universal access to the internet. This was according to Ministry of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes during her remarks at the opening of a two-day Cyber-Security Awareness […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2017
News, Politics
The Guyana Defence Force has announced that it has found 26 dredges being used in illegal mining activities within the Kaieteur National Park and it remains committed to supporting the efforts of the Protected Areas Commission and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC to purge the Kaieteur National Park of illegal mining. In a […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2017
Crime, News
In death, they parted, but a 59-year-old widow found herself before a City Magistrate today facing a forgery charge in connection with her late husband’s will. The woman, Lillawattie Persaud of Vreed en hoop, West Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Court heard that on or around December 11, 2015, the woman […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2017
News
Two Linden men were today remanded to prison for armed robbery in connection with a carjacking that took place just over a week ago. The two men, 32-year-old, Shemar Dover and 31-year-old, Seon Meyers, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and were charged with the June 5, 2017 robbery of Samuel Austin, at Providence on […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2017
Crime
A Bartica resident was today remanded to Prison after he was caught with over one pound of marijuana. 31-year-old Junior Stevens appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and entered a plea of not guilty, when the charge was read to him. The charge stated that on June 11th at Fifth Street, Bartica, he was caught with […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2017
News
Police investigators at Linden are probing yet another fatal road accident. The latest accident took place at Half Mile, Wismar just before 11 o’ clock on Tuesday night. Dead is 38-year-old, Sherwin Hermanstein of 534 Canvas City, Wismar. Investigations have revealed that motorcar PSS 5865 driven by an Industrial Area, McKenzie resident, Ian Alli, was […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2017
News
A Campbellville man, who was recently nabbed with over 24 Pounds of cocaine and and a number of unlicensed guns and ammunition, made his second appearance in Court today and switched his plea to guilty. 32-year-old Trevor Rodriguez told the Court that he did not want to waste the Court’s time. He made the plea […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2017
News, Politics
Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine is to be transferred from that position to the Ministry of the Presidency, where he will take up a new ministerial position under that Ministry. Multiple government sources have told News Source that senior Government officials have been looking at the issue and the change is expected to take […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2017
News, Politics
In a joint statement from the President and Opposition Leader, it was announced this evening that Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has agreed to submit a third list of nominees to President David Granger, for consideration for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The statement said the “parties agreed that it would be […]