By News Source Guyana on December 21, 2022
News, Politics
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry wants the City Council to impose tougher penalties and fines on those businesses that continue to dispose of their garbage improperly. Since the start of the holiday shopping season, there has been a build up of garbage in the main shopping areas, especially along Regent and Robb Streets […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2022
Crime, News
Police in Corentyne are investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl. The young girl, identified as Tinesha Johnson was discovered motionless this morning on the ground beneath an old hammock in the family’s yard. Her mother had just left the yard to purchase fish from a mobile vendor, when one of her other children raised […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2022
News, Politics
The Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission will be expected to put together a new work plan and date for Local Government Elections, with the Commission deciding to review the boundaries for local government constituencies. The review is coming on the heels of the Chairman of the Commission ruling that the Local Government […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2022
News
An Upper Pomeroon family has been thrown into mourning following a river tragedy that has claimed the lives of two young siblings on Monday night. Five-year-old Reshanna Atkinson and 1-year-old Josiah Atkinson were in the company of their parents late last night in a boat traveling along the Pomeroon river when tragedy struck. The boat […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2022
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is investigating the murder of 40-year-old land surveyor and ranger Ricky Oswald Ambrose from the South Ruimveldt area. Ambrose was working in the Cuyuni River area at the time of the incident. He was attached to the Alphonso Mining Company. His body was discovered in a trail near Guana Sand Trail […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2022
News, Politics
After a one-month hiatus due to the lack of a quorum, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) met today to iron out a number of issues. Today’s meeting, which was held behind closed doors, saw the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) using its one-seat majority on the Committee to successfully move a motion to scrutinize the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2022
News, Politics
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine announced today that there is no evidence to suggest that the current Georgetown Mayor and City Council misused its financial resources since taking Office in 2019, lashing out at Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo over his claims that the City Council lacks transparency and accountability. Last Friday, the Vice President said […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2022
Crime, News
With the Christmas holiday shopping season in full swing, the Guyana Police Force is once again urging drivers to be cautious on the roadways and stop the speeding. On Saturday, a 37-year-old woman who was out shopping with her family in the Zeeburg area died after she was mowed down by a speeding mini-bus when […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2022
News, Politics
More than 24hrs after the attack at the President’s official residence, which left a presidential guard critically injured and his attacker also in a critical state, the Guyana Police Force remains tightlipped on the investigations. There are reports that the Police Force continues to gather information on the suspect who remains hospitalized nursing multiple gunshot […]
By News Source Guyana on December 16, 2022
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change today lambasted the Government and the Guyana Police Force over the treatment of the New Market Street vendors and the subsequent arrest of the City Mayor Ubraj Narine and Opposition MP Sherod Duncan. The Mayor is facing charges over his questioning of whether the President was turning Guyana into a muslim […]