By News Source Guyana on March 30, 2017
News
Well-known Guyanese Educator and former Head of Unesco in Guyana, Ms. Carmen Enid Peterkin Jarvis, has died. Her family announced this morning that she passed away early last evening in Atlanta, Georgia. “She passed peacefully in her sleep. My mother was a phenomenal woman – a tower of love and strength to her immediate and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger has informed ExxonMobil’s Executives of Government’s commitment to the development of Guyana’s oil and gas sector in an atmosphere of transparency and trust so that the Parliamentary Opposition and the people of Guyana are fully involved in the process and view the development of a petroleum industry as one of natural interest […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
News, Politics
Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Valerie Adams-Patterson is assuring citizens that the units to be built as part of the government’s new housing programme are very modern and would not mark a return to the days of range houses and tenement yards. Seven hundred and fifty-eight units are to be built […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
Crime
A 33-year-old woman from Plaisance who came to the City to do some shopping found herself far away from the shopping district and in front of a City Magistrate after she was charged with possession of counterfeit money and using that counterfeit money to make purchases. The woman, Samantha DeSouza, appeared in Court this morning and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger on Wednesday urged renewed vigilance as he handed over the keys to two new Metal Shark Aluminum boats to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard. The vessels which were acquired from the USA were bought by the Guyana Government and is intended to boost the capacity of the Coast Guard to […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
News, Politics
While not committing to offering an apology, as requested by Justice Franklin Holder, Attorney General Basil Williams SC., has indicated that he is not “unprepared” to work with the Judge to “resolve what was a fleeting engagement after the business of the day was completed”. In a letter to Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2017
Crime, News
A prison guard attached to the Georgetown Prison has been arrested and will face charges for marijuana possession and attempting to smuggle the same marijuana into the Camp Street prison. Officials at the prison have confirmed the arrest of the prison guard who has been in the employ of the Prison Service for the past […]
By News Source Guyana on March 28, 2017
News
The Guyana Police Force has been called in to investigate a massive fraud at the Suddie Public Hospital. The Ministerial Task Force visited the hospital yesterday and the authorities there could not account for several items that were sent last Tuesday by the Materials Management Unit (MMU) of the Health Ministry. The missing items were […]
By News Source Guyana on March 28, 2017
News, Politics
Newly appointed Chief Justice (acting), Roxanne George-Wiltshire on Tuesday said that the matter involving Attorney General Basil Williams and Justice Franklin Holder is under judicial consideration. She made the comment on the side-lines of her swearing in ceremony at State House this morning. “Yes I have [been briefed] and my only comment is that I am aware […]
By News Source Guyana on March 28, 2017
News, Politics
A number of Judges are likely to be appointed in the coming weeks with the aim of reducing the current shortfall in both the Court of Appeal and the High Court. President David Granger has explained his reasons for not appointing several Judges to the Appellate and High Courts following advice of the Judicial Service […]