By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2016
News
Town Clerk of the City of Georgetown, Royston King, has completely dismissed as “completely false” a report by another news outlet that the City Council intended to charge kite flyers for use of the council’s open spaces for their Easter Monday activities. In an interview at his City Hall office, Mr. King explained that City […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2016
News
For the first time since the start of the Commission Of Inquiry into the March 3 unrest, an inmate who was not housed in the now burnt out Capital ‘A’ Division appeared before the tribunal on Tuesday. Inmate Steve Bacchus took the stand at the CoI and recounted his own experience as a ‘helper’ during […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2016
News, Politics
As the government continues with its appointments to overseas missions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Agrément was received from the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil for the appointment of career Guyanese diplomat, Ambassador George Wilfred Talbot to serve as the next resident Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil. In […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2016
News
Three men, including a teenager, were on Tuesday morning charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Guyanese Agriculturist, Anthony Breedy. Eighteen year old Keimo Corbin called ‘Trini’, 21 – year – old Donnel Trapp called ‘Short Man’ and 28 – year – old Paul Coriah called ‘Jun Jun’ were jointly charged for the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2016
News
Well known Linden mini-bus driver and Pastor, Elvin Lorrimer, of Carter Street, Kara Kara, Linden, died early this morning while receiving treatment to gunshot wounds that he sustained during an apparent robbery. The incident took place late on Monday night at the Linden/Georgetown Mini-bus park in Georgetown. The 53-year-old man was rushed to the hospital […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2016
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has updated voter turnout percentage and according to a statement from GECOM on Monday afternoon, 47.1% of the eligible voters took part in the elections. Of the 507,584 persons who were on the list of electors, 236,323 valid votes were cast. Just over 2000 votes were rejected. The municipality of Linden […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2016
Elections, News, Politics
The American, British and Canadian Diplomats in Guyana met at the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown on Monday afternoon to reinforce their joint statement that Friday’s Local Government Elections were transparent, free and fair. United States Ambassador Perry Holloway, British High Commissioner Greg Quinn and Canadian High Commissioner Pierre Giroux, all agreed that nothing was […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2016
Elections, News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party has declared that the results of the just concluded Local Government Elections ought to be seen as a referendum on the nine-month old APNU+AFC government, although the APNU+AFC has held on to all of its bases and the PPP has done the same. The party believes it has been able to […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2016
Sports
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Test spinners Veerasammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo bowled Guyana Jaguars to an emphatic innings and 54-run win over Jamaica Scorpions and to their second Headley/Weekes Trophy in as many seasons here Sunday. Starting the penultimate day well poised for victory with Scorpions on 171 for five in their first innings, Jaguars […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2016
Sports
(BBC) West Indies took a big step towards the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 with a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka. Darren Sammy’s men produced a superb performance with the ball to restrict Sri Lanka to 122-9, with Samuel Badree taking 3-12 and Dwayne Bravo 2-20. Only Thisara Perera, who hit 40 off 29 balls, […]