By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2024
Crime, News
A 52-year-old New York based, Guyanese man who is originally from Durban Street in Georgetown has been charged with attempting to export gold without being the holder of a gold export license and failing to declare his gold and gold jewellery to the Guyana Revenue Authority. The accused, Ivan Anthony Scipio, was arrested at the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2024
News, Politics
The Opposition has scoffed at Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s plan to crack down on Government officials using their influence to land Government contracts for their friends and families. Yesterday, Mr. Jagdeo stated that the Government has observed that public officials, especially at the Regional level have been influencing the award of contracts for their families […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
News
A 94-year-old man died tragically in a fire that ripped through his Third Avenue, Bartica home on Wednesday afternoon. The Guyana Fire Service has confirmed the death of Albert Hopkinson. The man lived in the two-storey wooden house along with his daughter, Dawn Hopkinson. Both father and daughter were pulled out of the burning building […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has made an initial proposal of a 7% salary increase for teachers for this year with a further 6% increase for 2025 and another 6% increase for 2026, according to sources familiar with the proposal. The counter proposal by the Government follows the submitted proposal of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, which […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today responded to questions raised by Alliance for Change Leader, Nigel Hughes, about the large sums of money Guyana is earning from oil production and the use of that money. In a social media post earlier this week, the AFC Leader noted that Guyana is earning over $1.5 Billion per day […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
News, Politics
Senior Officials at the Credit Union of the Guyana Police Force are livid over the leakage of information concerning the accounts of senior officers of the Guyana Police Force, and are moving to implement new systems for the custody of the accounting ledger of the Credit Union. Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus is currently under […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
News, Politics
As the Government continues to face widespread criticism over the handling of contracts and the procurement process, with claims of families and friends of Government officials being given preference, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today declared that the Government is putting its foot down on the practice. At his press conference this afternoon, Vice President Jagdeo […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2024
News, Politics
Guyana has received favourable ratings from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) for putting strict measures in place to counter anti-money laundering and terrorism financing. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has published its recently concluded Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) which analysed the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of Guyana’s […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2024
Crime, News
24-year-old construction worker, Shawn Davidson, was charged and remanded to prison today over the attempted murder of his 1-year-old stepson. Davidson is accused of beating the child badly, resulting in the child suffering a broken leg and other injuries. The man was also accused of burning the child to his feet and other parts of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 24, 2024
News, Politics
The Government is preparing to take another set of legislative amendments to the National Assembly in its on going efforts to deter the reckless use of the roadways. According to Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, the rate of road fatalities in the country is unacceptable, even with a number of strict measures being in place. ‘So, […]