By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
Crime, News
A 26-year-old Kuru Kuru man has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in auto theft. The man, Romaine Watson, who is already before the Courts on carjacking charges, was arrested on Tuesday with four car doors in his possession. A Police report said a group of ranks was on a patrol in the Annandale […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
News, Politics
Retired Commissioner of Police, Leslie James took the stand today as the Elections Commission of Inquiry restarted after the Christmas season break. James was the Police Commissioner at the time of the 2020 elections and the controversy that erupted in the GECOM Command Centre at the Ashmins building. James testified today that the situation at […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
News, Politics
With over 10,000 house lots distributed in 2022 by the Central Housing and Planning Authority, the Ministry of Housing intends to work to ease the wait time for those applicants still awaiting a response and allotment. According to Minister of Housing and Water, Colin Croal, this year will see new housing areas being developed in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
News, Politics
With an oil economy that has taken off, Guyana is now becoming a hotspot for private, foreign investments and even investments from the local private sector. But the government is also up to the task, President Irfaan Ali told International News Agency Al Jazeera in a recent interview. During that interview, President Ali spoke about […]
By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been bestowed with Guyana’s second highest national award, the Order of Roraima. Dr. Gonsalves is currently in Guyana on an official four-day visit. During a reception in his honour at the official residence of President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday night, the award was […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
News, Politics
Leader of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan today confirmed that his Alliance For Change Party has formally withdrawn from the multi-party coalition with the APNU. The two parties were in a coalition for the past 7 years, but even as the AFC has left the coalition, the AFC Leader today said the APNU and […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
Crime, News
A post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of the Police Detective and the Fisherman who were both shot by Police Officers during an arrest gone wrong, has found that both men were shot multiple times. According to a Police statement, a post-mortem examination revealed that Police Detective, Corporal Dwayne McPherson was shot twice. Both shots […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
Crime, News
Fort Wellington Hospital medical practitioner, Dr. Michelle Paul has regained full consciousness and is recovering well following last evening’s smash-up just outside the Region 5 Administration Office at Fort Wellington. Dr. Paul is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital. She regained consciousness late last night and has been responding well to treatment, according […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
Crime, News
The two suspects in the murder of Durban Street, businessman Shimron Adams, were remanded to jail this morning when they appeared before the Chief Magistrate. The two accused, Andrew Ridley of Albouystown and Akelow Marshall of East La Penitence were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. The Court was told […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2023
News, Politics
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has issued a warning to the government over its accumulation of public debts from loans. He particularity flagged two recent loans taken by the government from China. Goolsarran explained in his Stabroek News column today that the country’s external debt was just over US$1.3 Billion. He pointed out that the […]