By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2023
News, Politics
When the 2023 national budget is presented later today, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said it will build on the foundation set by the government over the past two years and give effect to several major plans of the administration. In a budget preview over the weekend, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said while economic empowerment will […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2023
Crime, News
37-year-old taxi driver, Delon Josiah aka Milo, was shot dead, execution style while asleep in his Perseverance, East Bank Demerara home on Saturday night. Police investigators are on the hunt for two suspects. A Police report of the incident said the attack took place at around 9:45pm on Saturday. Josiah had already retired to bed […]
By News Source Guyana on January 13, 2023
News, Politics
Republic Bank has started the new year right for a Georgetown husband and his wife after the husband won the bank’s latest mortgage promotion. The bank has paid off the man’s 25-year mortgage worth $15 million as the grand prize. The winner, Sian James showered the bank and the almighty for the win. He said […]
By News Source Guyana on January 13, 2023
Entertainment, News
Director of the Hits and Jams Entertainment company, Kerwin Bollers will be among several big names in the Caribbean’s music industry participating in the Island Music Conference, which is being hosted in Jamaica. The event, which is the brainchild of reggae star, Shaggy, is geared towards recognising and supporting the growth and development of Caribbean […]
By News Source Guyana on January 13, 2023
News, Politics
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings has announced that the Supreme Court of Guyana is moving to establish a mobile court to better serve persons residing in riverine and other far-flung communities, even as it continues to embrace technological and innovative Solutions to enhance the country’s Justice System. Speaking at the opening of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 13, 2023
Crime, News
A drug eradication operation carried out by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has led to the arrest of two persons and the seizure of $37 million worth of marijuana. The two who have been arrested are 43-year-old Sean Thomas aka “Yankee” of Kitty and 41-year-old Bulah London of Eccles. In a statement, CANU explained that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 12, 2023
News, Politics
The Christ Church Secondary School on Middle Street was gutted by fire this afternoon, days after there was a small fire in one of school’s science laboratories. Just after 5:30 this afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the school after heavy smoke was seen billowing from a section of the bottom flat of the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 12, 2023
News, Politics
Less than one week after she watched the Government bulldoze her home at Cane View, Mocha Arcadia, single mother, Lashonda Ellis, has now found herself jobless after being fired by the Home Affairs Ministry. Speaking with News Source today, Ms Ellis, who served as a Data Entry Clerk at the Providence Police Station, said she […]
By News Source Guyana on January 12, 2023
News, Politics
One day after the Education Ministry denounced the physical attack on a Graham’s Hall Primary School teacher by a parent, another teacher has been physically attacked by a parent. The latest incident took place this morning at the St Angela’s Primary School. According to the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 12, 2023
News, Politics
Over three hundred squatters living along the sea defence reserves on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) have been told they will all relocated within the next six months. According to the Housing Ministry, 317 structures, including 57 owned by Venezuelan immigrants, are on the reserves at Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Grove, Herstelling Sea Dam, […]