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Political Activist and Leader of The Independent Party, Mark Benschop, believes that now that the Minister of Communities has announced a date for Local Government Elections, he should also dissolve all of the active councils across the country. In a statement, Mr. Benschop said that by dissolving the councils, there will be the elimination of any […]
President David Granger, arrived at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2015) in Malta to further strengthen Guyana’s case in the border spat with Venezuela. The President joined Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, who participated in the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Meeting and the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in the preceding two days of […]
Well known food chain giant, Pizza Hut, is set to open again in Georgetown next week under completely new management and franchise owners. The new owners – The Corum Group – is promising Guyanese a high quality of customer service and an extensive menu of food that is comparable to what is served in other […]
Nightclubs and other places hosting Old Year’s night parties will be allowed to party straight into the New Year and beyond the 2:00am closure time. Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan told News Source today that his Ministry has received enough requests from various promoters, club owners and entertainers, that would allow a relaxing of […]
A St. Lucian man was on Thursday morning sentenced to three years imprisonment in Guyana and fined G$1.2 million after pleading guilty, with explanation, to a trafficking narcotics charge. 26-year-old St. Lucian national, Kendell Joseph, told City Magistrate Fabayo Azore that he was forced by a Guyanese citizen to ingest 45 cocaine pellets. The man’s […]
Two persons were killed in a mid morning accident at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara when their car collided with a sand truck. The tragedy occurred just after 10:00am. There are reports that the driver of the white Toyota Spacio car may have lost control of the vehicle and ended up in the […]
The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (DNRE) has rubbished a recent article which appeared in the Guyana Times stating that there has been a name change of the Georgetown Botanical Gardens. The Department said no such name change has taken place. “The Department wishes to clarify that the name of the Gardens has […]
The body of the 21-year-old woman who plunged to her death over the Kaieteur Falls, has been spotted at the bottom of the falls and Special Forces agents from the Guyana Defence Force are expected to head to the area and recover the body. The Tourism Ministry in a statement last evening said a decision […]
Four construction workers attached to the Celina’s Atlantic Resort were arrested today as the owners of the resort continued to ignore a cease order from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. The Ministry filed a formal complaint today and the four workers were taken in to custody after police officers visited the Kitty seawall site this afternoon. […]
The Government of Guyana has signed a a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian company, Fedders Lloyd, that will see works restarting on the construction of the Specialty Hospital. According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, Fedders Lloyd in entering this MOU with the Government of Guyana (GOG) will review the works already […]
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