By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2016
News, Politics
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has succeeded in clearing the Stabroek Market area of the overwhelming vending operations but is yet to make good on its plan to have those vendors relocated. Up to noon on Tuesday, the empty lot located to the south of Parliament Building, which was earmarked for the temporary relocation […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2016
News
The Director of Public Information in the Office of the Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has submitted his resignation as a Director of the state-owned National Communications Network. His resignation came on the same day that the new NCN Chief Executive Officer, Lennox Cornette, reported for duty. In a statement Mr. Khan said “I advised the Honourable […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2016
News, Politics
The APNU+AFC coalition government continues to face criticism for the crime situation in the country with the most recent fault – finding assessment coming from the political opposition. Former Minister with responsibility for security under the People’s Progressive Party government, Clement Rohee slammed the David Granger – led administration for what he said was its […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2016
News, Politics
The Private Sector Commission has thrown itself into the controversy surrounding the proposed renaming of the Ogle International Airport after Guyana’s first Minister responsible for Aviation, Eugene F. Correia. Reports have been swirling that the airport renaming could be finalized to coincide with Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebrations later this month. Most of the airline operators […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2016
News
An accident along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on Monday afternoon has claimed the life of a well-known Linden resident. Dead is 45 – year – old Rawle Adams of Constabulary Compound, Linden. ‘E’ Division Commander, Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus, told News Source that the accident occurred around 3:00pm, just outside Linden at Bamia along the highway. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2016
News, Politics
A third suspect in the armed Ramada Princess Casino robbery has been arrested by police investigators and will face charges in the Court early this week along with the two other suspects. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told News Source this morning that the police arrested the third man , who he did not identify, in […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2016
News, Politics
Guyanese Trade Union bodies have come together in united call, urging government to reverse its decision to close the Wales and LBI Sugar Estates. After several years of division, the two major union blocs came together for a single rally on Sunday and moved a Motion in which they condemned what they said was a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2016
Caribbean & International, News
(BBC) Two US missionaries have been found dead in a rural area of the Caribbean island of Jamaica notorious for its high rates of crime, police say. The pair have been named as Randy Hentzel, 48, and Harold Nichols, 53. They worked in Jamaica for a Pennsylvania-based religious group called Teams for Medical Missions. Their […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2016
News, Politics
By Kurt Campbell As the once divided trade union movement in Guyana and political leaders braved light rain in Georgetown and came together for a single rally on Sunday, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee’s speech at the rally appeared to have angered several public servants. Rohee, who served as a Government Minister […]
By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2016
News, Politics
With early morning showers hammering downtown Georgetown, the City Council moved in as vendors moved out, to begin the clean up of outside the historic Stabroek Market. Many of the vendors who line the walkway and street outside the market had already packed up their belongings and moved from the area. For those who remained, […]