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Newly sworn in Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Patterson has indicated that as the new Minister responsible for Housing, she intends to shake up the Housing department and make it better prepared to respond to the needs of Guyanese. Ms. Patterson took the oath of office this morning in front of President David […]
Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton has confirmed the death of the male patient who was initially monitored at a local private hospital before he was flown out of Guyana for treatment after testing positive for the swine flu. Dr. Norton told News Source earlier today that he was informed by the Chief Medical Officer […]
Police investigators intend to question the colleagues of a local fisherman who was found dead in the net of a fishing vessel in the Berbice River. The dead fisherman has been identified as 49-year-old Shahabudeen Haniff of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. The man was last seen alive on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 when he left […]
The Guyana Power and Light company has reversed a decision to implement a reconnection fee for errant customers that would have included a six month average bill payment. The company in recent newspapers advertisements, announced that once customers had their electricity supply disconnected for non-payment of their bill, they would have had to pay off […]
The Guyana Police is asking for more persons who may have been defrauded by a city businessman in the hopes of being granted a U.S visa to come forward and provide investigators with details, as they build a case against the man. The businessman, Ganraj Raghubeer who operated a visa and passport application agency under […]
The Guyana Defence Force Headquarters has issued a statement clarifying that the late Sergeant Robert Pyle, a member of the Intelligence Unit of the Guyana Defence Force, was deployed on a legitimate operation in support of the Special Organized Crime Unit, (SOCU) on December 30 when he was killed in a vehicular accident. The statement […]
Fighting back tears, the father of the missing British teenager called a press conference in Georgetown this afternoon, moments before he headed back to London, to make a final plea for information about the whereabouts of his son, Dominic Bernard. The father, Andrew Bernard said his son traveled to Guyana on October 14, 2015 but […]
In the face of criticism from some members of the public, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has said unequivocally that he sees nothing wrong with police men and women responding to crime scenes with little or no protective gear. During a recent exchange with News Source, the Commissioner admitted that the Force did not have sufficient […]
Although the PPP is the only Opposition party in the parliament, the General Secretary of the Party, Clement Rohee is making it clear that when he speaks on an issue to the media, he is doing so on behalf of the party. At his Monday morning press conference, Mr. Rohee also pointed out that any […]
All Members of Parliament (MPs) could soon be forced to make their tax returns public if the People’s Progressive Party gets its way. The PPP is expected to put a motion before the the National Assembly to get all MPs to make thown their tax returns for the past decade. The motion will be presented by former […]
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