By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
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News
The badly battered body of 9-year-old Shaquan Gittens was found on Saturday afternoon in a canal in the North Ruimveldt area, a short distance from where he lived. The body was found close to the cane fields just beyond Caneview Avenue. Family members have been left traumatized by the boy’s death and how he may […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
News
Police investigators probing the murder of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing have obtained the man’s mobile phone records and have been making contact with the persons who may have been in contact with him on the same day that he was shot dead in the Diamond Housing Scheme. Although there are no suspects in the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
News
Police and Customs Anti Narcotics investigators are continuing their probe into the cocaine in charcoal bust even after the exporter behind the shipment has been charged and remanded to prison. News Source understands that the agents believe that there may be several other people linked to the bust which took place on March 30, 2015. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Sports
Rawle Toney reports… FROM the time the fixtures were released, football-loving fanatics have been dreaming of a Bakewell Slingerz FC versus Alpha United final in the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament and this Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium, their dreams will come true. When the semi-finals of the 25th edition of the tournament were […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Elections, Politics
Seasoned campaigner and politician, Aubrey Norton on Tuesday evening charged residents of Parfait Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara to throw their full support behind the APNU+AFC coalition if they want to see real development of their community and a better Guyana. Speaking at a public meeting at the poorly lit 4 corner at […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Entertainment
(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL deejay Tommy Lee Sparta is venturing into new territory. He has recorded an EDM (electronic dance music) track with Philadelphia’s G1fted Music. The single is entitled Mellow Me Out and is slated for a summer release. “Yea, man, mi like dem vibe. They journeyed to Westmoreland with me fi a stage show. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
Caribbean & International
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) moved into a new US$4-million headquarters on Thursday despite a warning from the host country that the regional institution is “bleeding” and having difficulties in paying its day-to-day bills. Barbados Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, called […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2015
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Caribbean & International, News
The Government of Guyana wants a full and thorough investigation into the assault of the Guyana Ambassador to Suriname, Keith George on Guyana embassy grounds in Paramaribo. The incident took place last Wednesday and reportedly occurred as the Ambassador was blocking the arrest of one of his drivers on embassy grounds in keeping with the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 2, 2015
Elections
Kurt Campbell reports… Some sections of the local Rastafarian community are threatening to withhold support from political parties in the upcoming May 11 regional and general elections if individual platforms and policies do not speak favorably to the decriminalization of marijuana in Guyana. During a press conference on Thursday, Leaders of at least three Rastafarian organisations […]
By News Source Guyana on April 2, 2015
Elections
While questioning the character of the APNU+AFC Presidential and Prime Ministerial Candidates, PPP Civic member and Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has declared that he has an impeccable character and his hands are clean in regards to convicted drug king pin Shaheed Roger Khan. Ramsammy was fingered in US court documents and wikileaks cable […]