By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2016
News, Politics
In the middle of a swirling controversy over the introduction of parking meters in the nation’s capital city and the government’s decision to review the contract, President David Granger will leave his Vlissengen Road office on Monday and travel to the heart of the city to address City Councillors. It will be the President’s first […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2016
News, Politics
President David Granger has pledged to allocate two million more hectares of land and waterways for conservation. Speaking at the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana’s (THAG) President’s Awards Ceremony 2016, the President remarked that Guyana has been abundantly blessed with natural resources and must utilise them for its economic development. Speaking at the event, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2016
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A Guyanese pilot has landed in hot water after he decided to remove his two small planes from Guyana without any clearance and despite a court order that blocked the planes from leaving the country. The two planes bear registration numbers 8R-GMP and 8R-GTP. Both planes were eventually detained in the Caribbean Island of Anguilla, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 25, 2016
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Citizens in hinterland, poor and remote communities across Guyana will soon benefit from improved Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access. The Government of Guyana, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), entered into what is being described as a “crucial agreement” with consultancy firm – Detecon International – to conduct an assessment for the multi […]
By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
-by Kurt Campbell- Guyana does not anticipate that any of its economic agreements with the United Kingdom or the European Union will be affected by the decision of the UK to withdraw from the EU. Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in a referendum on Thursday to leave the EU by a 52% to 48% margin. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2016
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Guyana is taking steps to improve its bilateral relations with some of the world’s largest nations and hopes to attract private sector investment from those countries . The Government of Guyana recently accepted an invitation from the Government of the Russian Federation to hold bilateral talks during which Russia supported Guyana’s push for maintaining peace […]
By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2016
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Police and public-spirited citizens joined efforts on Friday afternoon to give chase behind four armed bandits who moments earlier had invaded and robbed a Chinese operated supermarket along Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt. The armed men arrived at the supermarket just after 12:00 noon and pretended that they were shoppers before launching the attack. The […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2016
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President David Granger has added his voice to the chorus of concern being expressed about the secretive Georgetown City Council parking meter contract with an overseas based company for the setting up and operation of parking meters in Georgetown. During a recording of the weekly “Public Interest” television programme, the President said his government does […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2016
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Several staffers attached to the Central Housing and Planning Authority are under investigation in wake of the discovery of a massive multi million dollar fraud that involved the 1000 homes project. News Source understands that some of them may have already been sent home. A senior official attached to the CH&PA confirmed to News Source that […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2016
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A U.S based Guyanese family’s dream vacation and wedding in paradise, has turned into tragedy following the tragic death of the father of the bride. Family members preparing for a wedding have now found themselves planning a funeral after the bride’s father, Terrence King, fell to his death from the third storey balcony of his hotel […]