By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
News, Politics
Former Minister with responsibility for Public security, Clement Rohee has criticized the new crime fighting strategy developed by the APNU+AFC administration and he has issued a call on his successor, Khemraj Ramjattan to act now and put forward his own “progressive and comprehensive” citizen security plan. Mr. Rohee said Ramjattan has failed in this regard. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
News, Politics
Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown has no reliable fire hydrant that could assist the Guyana Fire Service in its fire fighting efforts. That grim reality is according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle. In an interview with News Source this afternoon, the Fire Chief explained that fire hydrants across Georgetown have either been vandalized beyond repair […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
News, Politics
The United States on Monday committed additional financial resources to Guyana, which it hopes will be significant in supporting the new government’s law enforcement reform efforts. A letter of amendment was signed on Monday between Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge and Chargé d’ Affaires of the U.S Embassy in Georgetown, Bryan Hunt. It allows for the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
News, Politics
Guyana has signaled its intention to no longer support the United Nations Good Officer Process as it moves forward and looks for a resolution to Venezuela’s illegal claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s maritime space. Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge made the disclosure at a Monday morning briefing. His statement is in response to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, this morning denied that the party has identified former Attorney General Anil Nandlall as its nominee for Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. At his regular Monday morning press conference at Freedom House, Mr. Rohee said a report which appeared in the Guyana Times naming […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
Sports
(CPL) A brilliant innings of 65 from Brad Hodge and a maiden T20 half century from Assad Fudadin set up a thumping victory for the Guyana Amazon Warriors over the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs in the Hero Caribbean Premier League. Having been set 180 to win the Tallawahs needed yet another big performance from their […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Opinions
To claim what’s not yours is an act of misplaced aggression. To continue to want to grab what has been settled by international arbitration is a show of contempt for the rule of law. To decide on one day you will use this decree and next day use another in efforts to push an agenda […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Prosecutors in Brazil have begun investigating the deaths of about 10,000 fish that had been brought in to fill a huge freshwater aquarium. Building work on the project, in the western city of Campo Grande, overran and the fish died in temporary tanks. The company contracted to look after them, Anambi, blamed the deaths […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo or “Shorty”, has escaped from a maximum security prison for a second time, officials say. In a statement, Mexico’s National Security Commission said Guzman was last seen in the showers of the Altiplano jail late on Saturday night. He was the leader of the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Sports
Kingston, Jamaica: A star performance from Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard with bat, ball and in the field helped to deny the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs the chance to replace their opponents at the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League table in front of a sell-out crowd at Sabina Park. Krishmar Santokie, the leading […]