By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2024
News
A 23-year-old man on the island of Leguan in the Essequibo, lost his life this morning when he reportedly lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a power pole. A report from the Guyana Police Force stated that Vickash Singh was riding his motorcycle at around 3:20 this morning, when he lost complete control […]
By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2024
News, Politics
Longtime politician and former General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform, Oscar Clarke, was laid to rest today. With the casket draped with the flag of the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR), the former City Councilor, who was also a former Member of Parliament, and a former Government Minister and Diplomat, was remembered as […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2024
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali today pledged to revive the coffee industry in Region One (Barima-Waini) during a visit to the Waramuri Village, where he met with residents who called on the Government to also offer better internet access, better infrastructure and greater access to public services. Accompanied by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha and Minister of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the Guyana Police Force of being “slow” to investigate a call on an online talk show that threatened the lives of the President and a number of Government Ministers. The host of the online talk show, political activist Kidackie Amsterdam, has since been charged over the statements that were […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2024
Education, News, Politics
With no indication of a date for the resumption of talks between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union, the President of the GTU, Dr. Mark Lyte today indicated to News Source that the union is prepared to compromise and begin negotiation on an agreement that would cover the years 2022 to 2025. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Opposition Political Activist and online talk show host, Kadackie Amsterdam was taken to Court this morning to face a cyber crime charge related to statements that were allegedly made by a caller on his online talk show. In Court this morning, the the cybercrime charge was read to the accused, and after entering a not […]
By News Source Guyana on May 30, 2024
News, Politics
Road traffic between Georgetown and Lethem is being severely affected after a large section of the Kurupukari to Lethem road collapsed and washed away yesterday during heavy rainfall. In a statement last evening, the Public Works Ministry announced that it has since dispatched emergency restoration teams and material to the affected area to begin works. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 29, 2024
News, Politics
Making it clear that the Region 10 Democratic Council and the Linden Town Council will not accept blame for the Government’s sloth in allocating resources that could have alleviated the current flooding being experienced in the town of Linden, Region 10 Chairman, Deron Adams, this afternoon told News Source that it is time for the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 29, 2024
Education, News, Politics
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today said her Ministry is prepared and ready to continue engaging the Guyana Teachers Union in an effort to end the current strike action by teachers, however, she made it clear that teachers must return to the classrooms to allow the negotiations to take place without any duress. In an […]
By News Source Guyana on May 29, 2024
News, Politics
City Magistrate, Leron Daly has announced that the criminal trial in the elections fraud case against former Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield; his former deputy, Roxanne Myers; and a number of other election officers and opposition members, will commence on July 29. Lowenfield and Myers, along with the former Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo; […]