By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Board of Directors of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana Chronicle were finalized at the Tuesday, September 1 meeting of Cabinet. The announcement was made on Friday by State Minister Joseph Harmon who also announced the appointment of the Board for the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA). The Boards have not […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
News
An elderly man was robbed of $20 Million on Thursday night after he uplifted the money from a relative who was in the Princess Casino gambling. However, the money was not part of any winnings. According to reports, the gambler reportedly made contact with the relative and asked him to come to the casino to […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
News, Politics
In the face of the resistance from the Berbice Bridge Company to lower the tolls for the bridge, the government on Friday announced its intention to launch a water taxi service. State Minister Joseph Harmon said the service will commence even as the government continues to engage the bridge company to consider and facilitate, in the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
News
Police investigators are probing an early morning robbery at the home of City Town Clerk Royston King. It was just after 2:00am today when the armed bandits invaded the home of King and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. King, in a telephone interview with News Source, said the men were unmasked and entered […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
News
Just two hours before sunrise on Friday morning two gunmen opened fire on a youth in Albouystown, Georgetown, killing him on the spot. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Senassie Lewis of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. According to reports reaching News Source, Lewis was liming in the vicinity of the Ghetto Flex night spot in […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Caribbean & International
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved Perez’s resignation after the retired general quit […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Caribbean & International, News
ROSEAU, Dominica – A preliminary assessment of the effects of Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica has found damage to basic infrastructure alone that amounts to nearly half of the small country’s GDP, the prime minister said Thursday. Repairs to roads and bridges across the eastern Caribbean island will total more than $226 […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Caribbean & International
While still awaiting approval from Cuban authorities, Carnival Corp.’s new Fathom brand is proceeding with plans to sail to the island nation starting in the spring. “Our intention is for the first trip to depart May 1, if not before,” Fathom President Tara Russell told reporters on a press trip in the Dominican Republic. The […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Sports
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt comes in at number 13 on a list of top 15 athletes in the world this year who make more money from endorsement deals than they do from competing in their respective athletic disciplines. The list was compiled by Marketwatch Online, a popular financial information website that provides business news […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2015
Sports
Members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be tasked with electing a new executive on Saturday November 14, with the Normalisation Committee announcing a date for the congress yesterday. “We’ll have to forward this date now to FIFA and they will push it to their executive committee for approval, but we’re confident that the […]