By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News, Politics
Police Officers attached to the Bartica Police Station have complained about their working conditions to the Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes, about their working and living conditions at the station and they are hoping for her assistance. According to a statement from the Government Information Agency, the officers complained of having […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Three of the Ministers in the new APNU+AFC administration are technocrat Ministers and therefore will have no voting rights in the new parliament. The technocrat Ministers are Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock, Citizenship Minister Winston Felix and Minister within the Ministry of Communities Keith Scott. “These technocrat Ministers are persons appointed by the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News, Sports
Former People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament Neil Kumar has vacated his post as Director of Sport as investigations continue into allegations of equipment being removed from the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as well as financial documents going missing just after the May 11 elections. Minister of Education with responsibility for Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News
The Guyana Police Force has announced that following consultations with Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, the Commissioner of Police has proceeded with the transfers of Senior Officers of the Police Force which had previously been put on hold. The Police Commissioner just after the new President was sworn into office, announced the transfers but was […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News, Politics
Guyana’s main opposition party, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic which up to a few weeks ago formed the government, is making it clear that its position of standing firmly against any aggression from Venezuela has not changed. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee who once served as Guyana’s Foreign Minister told a Monday morning press conference at […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News, Politics
Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday issued a statement denouncing the Presidential Decree by Venezuela’s Nicolas Muduro in which he is attempting to extend Venezuela’s maritime zone into waters that belong to Guyana. The extension covers an area in Guyana’s Stabroek Block where U.S oil Company – ExxonMobil – announced recently that it has encountered […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News, Politics
The Guyana Government has granted permission for Venezuelan flag carrier, Conviasa Airlines to make a single flight to Guyana to pick up stranded Venezuelan passengers. The passengers were left stranded at the Cheddi Jagan Airport following the decision of the government to suspend the airline’s service to Guyana because of its non-payment of a bond to […]
By News Source Guyana on June 8, 2015
News
A Jamaican national who has been fingered in the death of well-known East Coast resident, Manu Durant, has been arrested and is being questioned by the police. The man was arrested over the weekend in the bordering region of Eteringbang in the Essequibo region. It is believed that he was attempting to cross over into […]
By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News
Police investigators rushed to the North Sophia area just before 10 o’ clock on Sunday night following a shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. The dead man has been identified as Colin Kendall aka “Bow”. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after he was rushed there by friends. Another […]
By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News
A Linden man, who has been identified as 18-year-old Reagan Richards, was shot dead on Sunday night after he overpowered a policeman and shot the policeman to the head in the Wisroc Police Outpost. Reports out of Linden suggest that the policeman was about to place Richards in the lockups when he was suddenly attacked […]