By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
While it has been welcoming criticism thrown at the government over its move to increase the salaries for government ministers and parliamentarians, the opposition People’s Progressive Party is still to decide whether its Members of Parliament will accept the increases. At a Monday morning press conference, PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee told reporters that the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2015
News
Police investigators on the East Coast of Demerara and Georgetown are on the hunt for a 45-year-old Annandale man who opened fire in the house of his ex-lover, killing the woman’s 1-year-old grandchild. The dead baby has been identified as Ariane Gill. According to the baby’s grandmother, Shelly Norton, she was at her Annandale home […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2015
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has announced that it is moving ahead with plans to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade mark brand, Styrofoam, as of January 1, 2016. A move was made to ban the styrofoam containers under the previous government but that was put on […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
(GINA) According to the Mid-Year Report, released by the Ministry of Finance, Guyana’s economy has declined some 2.5 percent in the first half of 2015 as compared with the same period in 2014. According to the Report, at the time of the preparation of Budget 2015, preliminary estimates had indicated the country’s half year growth […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2015
News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force has announced that the just concluded six-week gun amnesty has ended and 186 illegal guns were handed over to the police along with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The amnesty ended on October 14 and the Police Force has hailed it as a success. None of the weapons that were collected […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger has broken his silence on the salary increases for his Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians and he has defended the decision as one that the Guyanese people will eventually realize was the right decision. Amidst a backlash from the public, the trade unions and several political analysts and rights organizations, the government […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2015
Caribbean & International
Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested on his return to the country after six years of self-imposed exile. Mr Rosales, who said he wanted to take part in December’s parliamentary elections, was detained shortly after landing in the city of Maracaibo. He ran against the late President Hugo Chavez in 2006. Mr Rosales […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2015
News, Politics
President David Granger has outlined a national defence strategy that he believes will bolster the capabilities and abilities of the Guyana Defence Force. Yesterday the president addressed officers of the Guyana Defence Force to update them on the Venezuelan border controversy and the role of the GDF in protecting the nation’s territorial integrity. The president […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2015
News
(Grenada Informer) Four Guyanese nationals have been netted in a major drug operation carried out by officers attached to Drug Squad of the Royal Grenada Police Force, resulting in the seizure of a quantity of cocaine, ammunition and firearms. According to information reaching the Grenada Informer the operation which took place in the early hours […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2015
News, Politics
The government has announced a further reduction in the prices for gas and diesel being sold at all the state-owned Guyoil gas stations across the country. Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced today that with effect from Friday October 16, gas prices will be reduced and will be sold retail for $190 per litre, while diesel will […]