By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2015
News, Politics
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has blasted the Presidential pardons of some non-violent young convicts and eleven women who are mothers. President David Granger last week announced that he was pardoning eleven women prisoners who were serving time for non violent, non cocaine related and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2015
Caribbean & International, Entertainment
The host of the Miss Universe has apologised after mistakenly naming the wrong woman as winner, leaving Miss Colombia empty-handed. After the error, Ariadna Gutierrez was instead declared runner-up and surrendered her crown to Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach. #MissUniverse2015 became Twitter’s biggest trend of the night as social media users expressed their disbelief. Ms […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
News
A Guyanese woman who travelled to Atlanta from Barbados is in the custody of Atlanta Police after being nabbed with over 10 pounds of cocaine in her suitcases. The woman has been identified as Delshana Christopher of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown. She reportedly travelled to Barbados earlier this week and spent two days there before heading […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
Sports
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and world governing body FIFA are ready to move ahead with the establishment of Guyana’s first Goal Project. Under the Normalisation Committee, the GFF and the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) signed an agreement that saw the local governing body for the sport receiving a 30-year lease for the 8.5 […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
Sports
St. John’s, ANTIGUA – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is calling on the region’s top players to be available for the regional tournaments to ensure that they remain eligible for selection for international competition. With the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) now on a break and with the 3rd NAGICO Super50, schedule to bowl […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
Sports
(Sportsmax) After a decent performance with the bat, West Indies made few inroads with the ball in their tour match. West Indies showed few signs of improvement as their tour match against a Victoria XI ended early on Sunday. The under-fire tourists declared overnight at 303-8 in Geelong, but they made few inroads as Victoria […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
Caribbean & International, Sports
(BBC) Eduardo Li – former president of the Costa Rican Football Federation (Fedefut) – has been extradited to the US, the Swiss justice ministry says. He was handed over to the US police in Zurich and then flown to New York. Mr Li is one of seven officials with Fifa, world football’s governing body, who […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) A federal judge in Brazil has blocked the assets of mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale in the country over the deadly collapse of a dam. The joint-venture company they own, Samarco, does not have enough resources to cover the potential damages, estimated at 20.2bn reais ($5.2bn; £3.4bn), the judge ruled. Samarco owned the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2015
News, Politics
The Berbice Bridge Company has finally decided to accept government’s subsidy offer which will allow a reduction in the toll to cross the Berbice Bridge effective from January 1, 2016. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced that an agreement had been reached. Government had announced its move to ensure a […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2015
News, Politics
President David Granger has announced that he has decided to pardon eleven women convicts who are mothers and who are in jail for non-violent, non-cocaine related and non-human trafficking offenses. Appearing on the weekly “The Public Interest” television programme, President Granger said he wants the eleven women to go home for the holidays. “I hope […]