By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2015
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Investigators from the Guyana Police Force are probing the murder of a miner at Mahdia after the man’s blood soaked body was found on a roadside in the community on Saturday morning. The dead miner has been identified as 57-year-old Charles Major who is originally from the village of Victoria on the East Coast of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 6, 2015
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Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy on Thursday brushed aside statements from Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon that it was not clear whether Ramsammy would be returning to his ministerial position or the campaign trail for the upcoming elections because off ill health. In a statement on his official Facebook page, Ramsammy said “I noticed that […]
By News Source Guyana on March 5, 2015
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A 12-member jury on Thursday afternoon found Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her ex-lover Jarvis Barry Small, guilty of the murder of Gopaul’s 16-year-old daughter Neesa Gopaul. The two showed little emotion as the jury foreman announced the guilty verdict. The mother started to tremble as the Judge announced the sentencing. The mother, Bibi Shareema Gopaul was sentenced […]
By News Source Guyana on March 5, 2015
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Former People’s Progressive Party Candidate and the son of the founder of the PPP, Dr. Cheddi Jagan Jnr. has offered congratulations to A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change on the formation of their coalition to contest the May 11 elections. In a letter to the press, Dr. Jagan said coalition politics […]
By News Source Guyana on March 5, 2015
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Days after objections from Venezuelan authorities, there is still no indication from Exxon Mobile that it will halt its exploration plans following the dispatch of the rig and the commencement of exploration work in the concession granted by the Government of Guyana. The rig which departed the United States on February 19 arrived in Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2015
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Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Wednesday evening busted a drug convict at the Ogle International Airport with over five pounds of cocaine in his bags. The man was getting ready to board a flight to Barbados. He has been identified as 34-year-old Terry Defreitas who was released from prison last year after serving time […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2015
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The Presidential Candidate for the APNU-AFC coalition, David Granger on Wednesday said Guyana is at a breaking point and that was one of the main reasons behind the decision of the two opposition parties to join forces for the upcoming elections. Granger told a packed audience gathered at the Pegasus hotel that it is time […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2015
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The Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU-AFC coalition, Moses Nagamootoo has declared elections day, May 11, 2015 will serve as Guyana’s Day of Deliverance. In a call for unity, Nagamootoo s urged Guyanese to vote resounding for a government of national unity at the May 11 polls, promising that there was nothing to fear in […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2015
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Youth leaders of the parties that make up the APNU-AFC coalition on Wednesday said it was time for the winner takes all system in Guyana to end and for there to be a move to a government of national unity. Speaking at the launching of the APNU-AFC coalition, Malika Ramsay of the People’s National Congress […]
By News Source Guyana on March 3, 2015
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Just days after two other Guyanese men were held in separate drug busts at New York’s JFK Airport, another Guyanese man trembled his way onto the wrong side of the law and was busted with over 27 pounds of cocaine in his suitcases after arriving in New York city. According to court documents, Guyanese national Aubrey […]