By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
News
The incoming administration is calling on persons who have been “misled” to start a process of land grabbing to stop. In a statement on Sunday evening, the incoming APNU+AFC government said it is disturbed at the recent reports of illegal and unauthorized grabbing of land in some communities. “The coalition wishes to inform the public that […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Elections, News
Former Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party Civic, Elisabeth Harper has indicated that she is ready and willing to serve the PPPC as a Member of Parliament if the offer is made to her. In a Sunday morning telephone interview with News Source, Ms. Harper said the PPP has not extracted names from […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
PRESIDENT David Granger is expected to name members of his cabinet early in the new week and he intends to put a cabinet in place that will reflect a hard-working group of persons who are committed to the Guyanese people. “I want a more muscular government. I don’t want a flabby cabinet. There will be fewer […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
FORMER President Donald Ramotar remains convinced that had the Guyana Elections Commission carried out a total recount of the over 400,000 ballots cast at the May 11 elections, his party would have emerged victorious. The People’s Progressive Party now intends to pursue legal options to challenge the results and seek a recount of the votes. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Sports
By Vijay Tagore, (Ahmedabad Mirror) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not permit its players to take part in the Twenty20 leagues overseas but the organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are confident of having Indian players in the tournament someday. A top CPL official was here at the Wankhede on […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Sports
RAWLE Toney reports WITH Guyana, for the first time in 23 years, getting a new government, several reports of persons ‘helping themselves’ have emanated and the sports sector was certainly not excluded. There are reports that millions of dollars in sport equipment have since been shipped out from the storage area of the Cliff Anderson Sports […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Sports
(Cricinfo) With only four games to go in the league stage of the 2015 IPL, there are five teams still fighting for a spot in the top-four, with each of them having a realistic, and not merely mathematical, chance of making it. Chennai Super Kings had already secured their spot a couple of games ago, […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
(Hollywood Life) Attention, Rihanna Navy: Queen RiRi has graced us with the glorious sound of her voice in not one, but TWO teasers for her brand new track, ‘If Only For A Night.’ Prepare to be amazed — because this song sounds like it’s going to be a hit! Rihanna, 27, just made our day […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
(BILLBOARD) Before there was Ultra or Electric Daisy Carnival, there was the original fete: Carnival. Across the world, pre-Lenten celebrations have long been among the most debauched (and the most fun). The necessity of sustaining celebrants through hours of drinking and dancing has also encouraged the growth of entire genres of music: samba in Brazil, brass […]
By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2015
Entertainment
Buju Banton has instructed his legal team to halt any further appeals of his 2011 conviction on cocaine charges. Buju Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie, is currently serving a mandatory 10-year sentence in an American correctional facility. The entertainer has been strident in his fight for his freedom. On Thursday, the Associated Press […]