By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2016
News, Politics
The Department of Housing in the Ministry of Communities has announced that persons who still need to complete payments for their allocated plot of land as part of the 50/50 Jubilee land deal, now have until June 2, 2016 to complete the payments to take advantage of the offer. The announcement comes after a number […]
By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2016
News
At the age of 80, a now visually impaired, retired Lieutenant Colonel Compton Hartley Liverpool, has launched a book that captures a tremendous amount of detail of events leading up to the formation and the earlier times of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) as well his own experiences while serving in the local military. It is […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
Caribbean & International
The largest airline in Latin America, Latam, says it is suspending its flights to Venezuela because of the worsening economic situation. The suspension came a day after Germany’s Lufthansa said it would suspend its services to the country. The German company said Venezuela owed it millions in ticket revenues. Oil-rich Venezuela has been hit hard […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
Caribbean & International
A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year’s first-round presidential election and holding a new vote. Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said “zombie votes” and other problems meant last October’s ballot could not be considered legitimate. Haiti has been under an interim president since February. A run-off vote […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
Caribbean & International
(BBC) A second minister in Brazil’s new government has resigned. Fabiano Silveira was in charge of the ministry tasked with fighting corruption but left after a recording was made public, which seems to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation at the state oil company. Last week the planning minister stepped aside after a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
News, Politics
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party, Nigel Dharamlall is denying any involvement in any criminal act. Police investigators are currently seeking legal advice following a complaint filed against Dharamlall that he threatened to shoot a foreign worker attached to the IDB Office in Guyana after the man was seen speaking to his ex-wife. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
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Three mining officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission escaped without injury this afternoon (Monday) after coming under gunfire from Venezuelan soldiers in Guyana’s Cuyuni river near Eteringbang. The three officers were traversing the area carrying out monitoring duties when at least four gunshots were fired at their boat by the Venezuelan soldiers […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
News
Two Security Guards attached to the RK Security Service, along with a third person, were on Monday charged for a staged robbery in which monies belonging to several companies were coveted. The two guards, Damion Pearce and Cleveland Pyle along with Pearce’s reputed wife Eulesie Stephen, made their appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
News, Politics
Activity at crossing points along the Guyana/Venezuela border remain normal, says Citizenship Minister Winston Felix. Over the last two weeks, Guyana has been paying attention to warnings of a possible influx of Venezuelan refugees in light of that country’s food shortage situation. There were reports that persons were crossing the border to purchase food supplies […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2016
News
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and former Permanent Secretary, Nigel Dharamlall, is currently under probe by Police investigators on the East Coast of Demerara following a complaint that he used a firearm to threaten the life of a foreign employee of the IDB office in Guyana. Reports indicate that the incident occurred just […]