By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2017
News
Veteran Broadcaster and Ministerial Advisor on Public Telecommunications, Enrico Woolford, has been appointed to head the new Board of the state-owned, National Communications Network. The life of the last Board expired at the end of last year, paving way for a new board to be put in place. Other Directors of the new Board include, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger met with Queen Elizabeth yesterday as he continued his visit to the United Kingdom. He became the first sitting Guyanese President to meet with the Queen in the United Kingdom. The President said his discussions with the Queen centered around forest conservation initiatives and relations between Guyana and the United Kingdom. He […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2017
Crime, News
A local Chef who was nabbed with cocaine pellets in his stomach, will be spending the next three years in jail after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking. 26-year-old, Anthony Gibson, of East Ruimveldt, poured out tears after the sentence was handed down in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon. Gibson was arrested on suspicion of […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2017
Crime, News
The man who went on the run after slashing off one of the hands of his ex-girlfriend, found himself before the court today to face a charge of malicious wounding with intent to murder. The Court heard that on the 23rd April at Beterverwagting,with the intent to commit murder,Warren Dennis, maliciously wounded Alana Hazel, causing […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2017
News, Politics
President and Chief Executive Officer of ECO Atlantic Oil and Gas, Mr. Gil Holzman believes Guyana is probably the best investment destination in the world currently. The President of ECO Atlantic Oil and Gas, which has a stake in oil and gas exploration in Guyana, also has confidence in the country’s ability to transform over […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2017
News
The elections for the Guyana Public Service Union could take place as early as Thursday following a decision of a High Court judge to discharge an injunction, which blocked the holding of the elections. In a statement last evening, the GPSU said The Elections Officer has been advised that the Union is now free to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2017
News
(REUTERS) Two Venezuelan men died on Tuesday from gunshots at political demonstrations, bringing to 26 the number of fatalities around this month’s protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. The state prosecutor’s office said Orlando Medina, 23, was gunned down on a street in western Lara state during a protest local media identified as anti-Maduro. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2017
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The Ministry of Legal Affairs has been called upon to investigate complaints of alleged financial improprieties committed by acting Registrar of Deeds Ms. Azeena Baksh. The Ministry in a statement on Tuesday said staff of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority made the request. The Ministry has already referred the complaints to the Criminal Investigation […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2017
News, Politics
On Monday, former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, declared that his two cellphones are worth more than the law books that he took with him when he left office in 2015. One day later, he has moved to the Courts to block the Legal Affairs Ministry or any of the state’s agents from seizing the same […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2017
Crime, News
Today, the High Court closed a chapter in a murder case that gripped the nation two years ago. Twenty-year-old, Angelique Williams, who during a drunken brawl stabbed her pregnant best friend, Renita Thomas to death, was sentenced to eight years in jail after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. She was originally charged […]