By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2023
Crime, News
Two days after he was reported missing by his family, the Police on Saturday discovered the body of 34-year-old, Ovril Adamson Pedro. The body was found in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. According to the Police, the body was found by a fisherman who was heading to the backlands at Soesdyke. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
News, Politics
One day after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo claimed that Trinidad and Tobago businessmen have been soaking up the foreign currency in Guyana by conducting lots of their international transactions from Guyana, Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes the Guyana Government must take the blame for the situation. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Crime, News
Timehri resident, Andrew Rodriguez was today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $3.2 million after he pleaded guilty to trafficking just over four pounds of cocaine. Rodriguez was arrested on Tuesday after agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit found four parcels of cocaine at his residence. In Court today, he opted not […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Crime, News
33-year-old Linden resident, Akali Moore, was charged and remanded to jail today for the murder of his sister, Cheryl Moore and his niece, 12-year-old Eikiela Adams. The two died in a fire at their Silvertown, Wismar home that was reportedly set by the 33-year-old man. In Court today, the accused was not required to enter […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
-by Svetlana Marshall- Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed today that a United States Government report on gold smuggling while the APNU+AFC was in government, had indicated that over US$2 Billion in gold was smuggled out of Guyana over a 10 year period. He said the report […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
News, Politics
With a post-mortem examination set for Monday to determine the cause of death, the family of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found in her Lusignan apartment, want a full police investigation into her death. The young woman’s name has been given as Malinda Fiona Niewenkirk. A Police statement said her body was discovered this […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The death toll from the Dengue Fever in Guyana has climbed to 11, with the Ministry of Health confirming the recent deaths. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said it has recorded a total of 2,169 confirmed cases of dengue fever, with 239 patients hospitalized and 11 dengue related deaths so far for 2023. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
News, Politics
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory Fire is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the way forward. The fire at the school dorm in May, claimed the lives of 20 children. Secretary to the Commission, Javed Shaddick, told News Source that once the Commission meets, it will […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Business, News, Politics
Guyana continues to receive an increasing number of proposals for the construction of oil refineries in the country, but according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, the country only has capacity for a single refinery. “We don’t have the capacity for two refineries. There will be, if that project goes forward, the one refinery,” the Vice […]
By News Source Guyana on August 17, 2023
Crime, News
One week after a bystander was shot dead in West Ruimveldt during a dispute over a property, a 34-year-old, resident of Soesdyke has been charged and remanded to jail for the murder. The accused, Anthony LaRose appeared before the Acting Chief Magistrate today and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder […]