By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2016
News, Politics
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has issued a call for Health Minister Dr. George Norton to be fired as the party continues to express dissatisfaction with his behavior in the National Assembly recently and in his management of the health sector. The Party has also responded with dissatisfaction to the government’s […]
By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2016
News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday confirmed that Member of Parliament Charles Ramson Jr. will tender his resignation from the House as he prepares to take up a Chevening Scholarship that has been granted by the British Government to study abroad. Party General Secretary Clement Rohee told News Source that discussions surrounding Ramson’s political […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
Sports
(AP) Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds for his seventh overall Olympic gold. American Justin Gatlin, Bolt’s closest pursuer over the past four years, finished second, .08 seconds behind. Andre de Grasse of Canada won the bronze. Bolt came into […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
Crime, News, Politics
Embattled Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Presidency Omar Shariff, has broken his silence about the ongoing investigations against him by the Special Organised Crime Unit. In a statement on Saturday night, Shariff, who has remained silent since the probe began, denied any involvement in the embezzlement of public funds and he also lashed out […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
News, Politics
The Ministry of Finance in a Saturday afternoon statement said it has noted with absolute disgust, a report in another section of the media indicating that the government has hiked taxes on steel imports. The article quoted Opposition Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Irfaan Ali as saying that “Finance Minister […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
News
The level of mental health care offered by the Ministry of Public Health will be improved and the Mental Health Unit will seek to further decentralise its service to the community level. Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, speaking on the issue of decentralisation said, “The Ministry of Public Health has […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
News
Mabaruma in Region One, Monkey Mountain, Princeville and Campbelltown in Region Eight and Rupertee, Wowetta, Marcanata, Kumu and Shulinab in Region Nine are among those areas that benefitted in the first half of 2016, under the administration’s drive to increase access to potable water in the hinterland. At a recent press briefing at the Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2016
News, Politics
The Coalition Government’s management of Guyana’s economy has not impressed Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who on Friday ignored the positives of the Mid Year Report and criticized the administration over what he said was the lack of a plan and policy to address the challenges facing the economy and the private sector. Jagdeo said the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2016
News
A Foulis, East Coast Demerara Businessman on Friday denied being the owner of a shipment of cocaine in a large quantity of frozen fish and shrimp that was intercepted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport earlier this week. The 32-year-old man, Kapil Haresh Thakurian, pleaded not guilty to attempting to ship 88 kilograms of cocaine […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2016
News
A Jamaican national will be sentenced in Guyana on Monday, August 15 for attempting to smuggle 526 grams of cocaine out of the country. Fifty four-year-old Easton Stapleton was arrested on Wednesday by agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit when he attempted to ship the illegal drugs in several roll-on deodorant bottles through the […]