By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2017
News
As motorists complained bitterly about being stuck in traffic for hours because of the installation of an independence arch along the East Coast of Demerara, a decision was taken this midday to put a hold on the installation of the arch until later tonight. The Department of Public Information in a statement explained that a local […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2017
News
Guyana’s religious and cultural diversity was put on show on Thursday as the country celebrated the second annual National Social Cohesion Day. The day is being observed on the same date that Guyanese elected the APNU+AFC coalition government to office. While the government envisions an end to political and ethnic divisions, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo believes […]
By News Source Guyana on May 10, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is reporting the discovery of unlicensed firearms, ammunition and cannabis in the town of Linden and have arrested two residents during three separate searches over the last 24 hours. One of the men was arrested with a quantity of ammunition and an unlicensed firearm, at his home early Wednesday morning. The police did […]
By News Source Guyana on May 10, 2017
Crime
Eighteen year old, Parfait Harmonie resident, Mark Gravesande, was remanded to prison this morning after he was charged with being in possession of over one pound of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The youth appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, to answer to the charge of the possession of the illegal […]
By News Source Guyana on May 10, 2017
Crime, News
The reputed wife of convicted drug trafficker, Barry Dataram, is finding out that while love is blind, it can also get you some prison time. The 21-year-old woman, Anjanie Boodnarine, was this morning sentenced to nine months in jail for attempting to smuggle illegal items into the Mazaruni Prison. It was back in March, that […]
By News Source Guyana on May 10, 2017
News, Politics
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) On Tuesday rejected the Government’s State Paper on the future of the sugar industry which proposes the closure of the Enmore and Rose Hall Estates by the End of 2017. The State Paper was presented to the National Assembly by Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder during a sitting […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2017
Crime, News
A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man is expected to face murder charges over the death of his 18-year-old son. The son, Azeez Khan, died last Friday at the Georgetown Hospital, one day after being rushed there in an unconscious state. At the time, the 40-year-old father, claimed that the youth had fallen from a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2017
Crime
A gold miner was remanded to prison today after being charged for the murder of another miner. Haslington resident, 26-year-old, Jumar Ralph, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. The Court was told that on the 2nd October, 2016 at Sand Hills, Cuyuni Mazaruni (Region Seven), Ralph murdered, mining colleague Richard […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2017
Caribbean & International
The Organisation of American States, is once again lashing out at the Nicolas Maduro government in Venezuela over human rights abuses and what the OAS now considers, a full dictatorship. In a statement on Tuesday, the OAS focused on the move by the Venezuelan authorities to have civilians face military justice. “Venezuela´s civic-military regime represents […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2017
News
The Department of Culture has announced that the Durban Park has been confirmed as the venue for the staging of the 2017 Flag Raising ceremony on May 25. In a statement, the Department said stakeholders met on Monday at the venue to begin addressing necessary preparatory works for the event. The confirmation comes after initial […]