Guyanese construction worker gunned down in Trinidad

A Guyanese man was killed and another critically injured in a shooting incident in San Fernando, Trinidad on Monday. The dead man was identified as Guyanese national Kemraj Persad, 30, a construction worker, of Hummingbird Avenue, Duncan Village. According to a report in the Trinidad Guardian, Eyewitnesses said Persad, and another man identified as Sean […]

Solid Waste Department wants Council to license private waste removers

The Solid Waste Department of the Georgetown City Council has proposed urgent considerations on licensing all private waste removers operating in the city. The move comes as the Department has found several private waste operators skipping the dumpsite and dumping garbage in areas close to the dumpsite and across parts of the city. According to […]

Shopkeeper shoots bandit dead after bandit loses gun during robbery

A suspected bandit who has been identified as Raphael Armstrong was shot dead by a Yarrowkabra shopkeeper during a robbery attempt on Sunday. According to reports it was just after 8:00pm on Sunday night that Armstrong and an accomplice entered the home of the shopkeeper and demanded money from him. The bandit and the shopkeeper […]

PPP expresses concern about alleged press censorship in Guyana

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP), which had one of its leaders describe local journalists as vultures, banned reporters and withhold government ads from the private newspapers during its time in office, is now expressing concern about censorship of the media in Guyana. In a Monday morning statement, the PPP said, persons of various political hues […]

Yaw adjusting well despite financial struggle

South American Youth record holder and gold medalist, Jason Yaw is adjusting well to college life in Texas despite having financial difficultly. In an exclusive with News Source Sport, Yaw who is now attending Western Texas College pointed out that adjusting to the training is proving to be a walk in the park. “Well I’m adjusting […]

BCCI waives $42m penalty on WICB

BCCI president Shashank Manohar has said that the $41.97 million claim imposed by the previous BCCI administration on the WICB for abandoning the 2014 tour to India mid-way has been waived. West Indies, he said, will tour India in 2017 to complete the “unfinished” matches from the 2014 series. According to Manohar, the issue was […]