By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
News, Politics
Telecommunication giant – GTT – has announced that more than 55% of its customers, who were on its broadband internet service, have switched to the company’s Fibre service, which provides increased internet speeds and reliability. According to GTT’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Damian Blackburn, this year has been a remarkable one for the company with […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
News, Politics
The Minister responsible for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has defended the 8% salary increase for public servants for 2022 that was recently announced by the President. Since the announcement, the Government has faced criticism from many public servants, the APNU+AFC opposition and the Guyana Public Service Union. Speaking to reporters today, the Finance Minister, Dr. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
News, Politics
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh today warned that legal actions can be taken against employers who do not pay over the NIS contributions for their staff. He said the practice appear to be causing chaos in the NIS system especially when persons attain pensionable age and apply for their benefits. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
Crime, News
Three Berbice men were arrested over the weekend after they were linked to the discovery of more than 100 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a car. According to a statement from CANU, its agents noticed the car parked on the public road at Springlands on Friday during an operation and no one claimed […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
Crime, News
A 22-year-old Linden woman was stabbed to death on Sunday night by her ex-boyfriend who was not happy that she had broken off their relationship and was moving on with her life. The woman, Kelly Charlotte, worked as a teacher in Linden. On Sunday night, she was at home with her sister when the suspect […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2022
Crime, News
Two brothers in Linden are in Police custody and are likely to face murder charges after they pushed a boat captain overboard to his death early on Saturday morning. A Police statement said the 55-year-old boat Captain, Elick Alexander was steering the boat towards the Wismar shore of the Demerara River when he was attacked […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2022
News, Politics
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan today confirmed that his party will be exiting the coalition when the Cummingsburg Accord expires on the end of the year. “We were going to exit as it were the partnership. We will still have very cordial working relationship with the APNU because of course we […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2022
News, Politics
Guyana’s agent on the current border matter before the International Court of Justice, Former Foreign Minister, Carl Greenigde, today rejected Venezuela’s contention that the ICJ should throw out Guyana’s case on the grounds of admissibility. Delivering the opening presentation at the World Court for Guyana, Mr. Greenidge said Venezuela’s objections appear to not be grounded […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2022
News, Politics
Members of the Guyana Rastafari Council are dissatisfied with the recent removal of custodial sentences for possession of small amounts of marijuana. They want full legalisation of marijuana use. With the President still to sign the Bill into law, the rastafarians are calling for a number of other amendments to be implemented with the laws. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2022
News, Politics
Trainee teachers who are undergoing training at the Cyril Potter College of Education will receive a salary from 2023 while 100 additional senior teachers will receive duty free concessions in the coming days, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced today. During the commissioning of the Cyril Potter College of Education Vreed-en-Hoop Centre, Manickchand explained that […]