By News Source Guyana on April 23, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana’s largest conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, has become one of the latest companies to be issued with the rights by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards to begin using the official “Made in Guyana” standards mark on its locally made products. The “Made in Guyana” mark will now be added to the comoany’s wine products, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 22, 2023
News, Politics
As details begin to emerge about the confiscation of the mobile phone of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs at a US Airport, News Source has learned that the senior Government official was also handcuffed and interrogated by US authorities at the airport. Senior Government officials have confirmed to News Source that […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2023
News, Politics
A number of areas across Regions Three and Four were left flooded today following more than 10 hours of continuous heavy rainfall. In a statement, the Civil Defence Commission said some areas were significantly affected with an average of four (4) inches of flood water. In the Essequibo region, Wakenaam, Leguan, Parika and Vergenoegen have […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2023
News, Politics
The daughter of a dead Berbice woman whose identity and forged signature were used on nomination documents for a PPP candidate in the upcoming local government elections received an apology today from Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. In a Facebook post, the daughter, Joanna Jacob, said the Vice President reached out to her and offered his […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2023
News, Politics
Five years after he went on the run after being fingered in the murder of his brother, 33-year-old Gordon Henry was arrested on Thursday at a shop in North West District in Region One. Henry was wanted for the May 2018 murder of his brother, gold miner Clinton Henry. The two reportedly got into a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2023
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to the United States Embassy in Georgetown seeking information on the confiscation of the mobile phone of the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Miami International Airport, Senior Government officials have confirmed to News Source. The Ministry of Home […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2023
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is hunting a group of drug smuggling suspects following the discover of $11.5 million worth of marijuana at Tuschen New Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Essequibo. In a statement today, CANU said that during an operation on Wednesday, its agents seized a total of 23 brick like parcels […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Days after submitting their lists of candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and the main opposition – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) – are accusing each other of forging signatures of candidates and backers on each other’s lists. At a press conference this morning, Leader of the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton, today denied that his party, which forms a major of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is in a state of disintegration over concerns about his leadership style. “As far as I know I have the support of the PNCR. For me, the most important […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2023
Crime, News
An East Coast Demerara husband and wife who are believed to be hiding out in the United States, are wanted for the murder of Police Constable, Quincy Lewis. In a statement this morning the Police Force issued the bulletins for 56-year-old Thakurdial Samaroo and his wife Naqeeba Zahid Zafarali. The last known address for the […]