By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
Crime, News
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has made it clear that investigations into allegations of corruption in the Guyana Police Force and against Asst. Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus will be free from internal and external influence. During a press conference at his party’s Freedom House headquarters this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said recent allegations of corruption against Senior […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Bombastic social media talk show host, Mikhil Rodrigues aka “Guyanese Critic” and his “They Break News” company have been ordered by the High Court to pay a total of $52 million to Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed in default judgements related to a defamation case. In the ruling that was handed down by Justice Nigel Niles, […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
News, Politics
The Government has moved to the National Assembly to reform the country’s Marriage laws to provide both husbands and wives with equal rights. The Attorney General Anil Nandlall said under the proposed legislation – the Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Bill 2024 – the Government hopes to remove existing discriminatory provisions, so as to bring the law […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
Business, News
A partnership between Scotiabank Guyana and Habitat for Humanity to teach youths Construction Technology Training and Disaster Risk Reduction culminated on Sunday with a graduation ceremony which saw twenty-four women among one hundred graduates. More than two hundred persons from across the country had applied for the programme, but only one hundred were chosen. Those […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
News, Politics
The People’s National Congress Reform has announced the appointment of party member, Sherwin Benjamin as the new General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform. Benjamin was chosen by party leader, Aubrey Norton. He replaces MP Dawn Hastings-Williams, who resigned from the position last month. In a release this morning, the party said it held […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
Crime, News
A Staff Sergeant and a Sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force, are in Police custody after they were arrested along the East Bank of Demerara roadway with a large quantity of marijuana in a vehicle belonging to the Guyana Defence Force. The two, Staff Sergeant Adisa Higgins and Sergeant Colvis Sam, were busted at around […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2024
Crime, News
Three months after filing drug trafficking charges against former national cyclist, Tyrone Hamilton, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, has withdrawn the charges. Hamilton was charged and remanded to jail back in April in connection with the 150-pound cocaine bust that took place at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. He was eventually granted bail after his Attorneys […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2024
News, Politics
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has informed the Representative of the List of The New Movement party, Dr. Gerald Forde, that the Elections Commission is in no position to pronounce on his current status as Representative of The New Movement (TNM) List of Candidates. “…Please be advised that GECOM […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2024
Crime, News
An intelligence led operation by the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, unearthed a quantity of high-powered guns and ammunition in the South Ruimveldt area. The search operation took place on Tuesday evening at Park Place in South Ruimveldt. The Police said during its operations, a search of an alleyway which is bordered by three […]
By News Source Guyana on July 17, 2024
News, Politics
Faced with a number of delays and other issues, the Government has terminated a number of road and infrastructure contracts in Region Three. Most of the contracts were incomplete and their timeline had expired, according to the Department of Public Information. During an inspection of several contracts in the Region Three area on Tuesday, Minister […]