By News Source Guyana on May 6, 2015
Caribbean & International
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 100 children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS will benefit from psychological, educational and social support under a J$8 million (US$70,000) grant assistance programme. The grant is being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with World Learning, and will support a four-month initiative that will […]
By News Source Guyana on May 6, 2015
Caribbean & International
Seven bodies have been found in a mass grave on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, say officials. Venezuelan troops found the corpses of six men and one woman in Tachira state on Monday, only 4km (2.5 miles) from the border with Colombia. How they died is not yet known but reports say that the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 6, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Passenger ferries could be set to run between Florida and Cuba for the first time in more than 50 years after the US government approved new services. Services between the two countries stopped when the US imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in 1960. But Washington announced the restoration of diplomatic ties in December […]
By News Source Guyana on May 6, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Prime Ministerial Candidate of the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic, Elisabeth Harper has called out Presidential Candidate of the APNU+AFC coalition David Granger over statements he made regarding Guyana’s foreign policies. Granger in a weekend radio interview expressed his dissatisfaction with the Foreign Policy approach that has been adopted by the PPP Civic administration over […]
By News Source Guyana on May 5, 2015
Elections, News, Sports
Legendary former Guyana and West Indies Cricket Captain, Alvin Kallicharran has taken the crease for the APNU+AFC coalition as the country heads to the polls on Monday, May 11. The Port Mourant, Corentyne native who remains one of the most iconic and respected Guyanese and West Indian cricketers of all times has announced his endorsement […]
By News Source Guyana on May 5, 2015
News
(Trinidad Express) A 37-year-old Guyanese born United States citizen with immigration status in Canada; and who is wanted in the US on a range of criminal offences including two counts of murder, has been re-arrested by members of the local INTERPOL Bureau. Balkumar Singh was first detained on March 27th, 2015, for violating this country’s […]
By News Source Guyana on May 5, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Presidential Candidate for the APNU+AFC Coalition has marked his dissatisfaction with the Foreign Policy approach that has been adopted by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration over the last 23 years. Granger believes the current policy is weak. He is promising to adopt a robust stance in this regard. This is not the first time that […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2015
News
The Bhena’s Store sales clerk who was abducted on his way to work on Monday morning has been released. The 28-year-old man Xanier Waaldijk, was released by his abductors just after 5 o’clock on Monday afternoon and made his way to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force where he was questioned about […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has issued a warning against the molestation of voters on election day and is reminding that it is the only authority to announce official elections results. In a Monday afternoon statement, the electoral body said the duty of declaring the final official results of the 2015 General and Regional Elections rests exclusively […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The only son of late Guyana Presidents, Dr. Cheddi and Janet Jagan has officially offered his endorsement and support for the APNU+AFC Coalition. The very outspoken, Dr. Cheddi Jagan Jr. called a press conference at his Charlotte Street dental clinic to announce that he believes David Granger is the right man to move Guyana forward […]