By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
News, Politics
The Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union has been ordered by the Court to begin preparations for a special general meeting by the 24th October. At the High Court this morning, Justice Navendra Singh handed down the order in his decision for the credit union to call the special general meeting and to publish a […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
With a focus on Education, Health and the Environment, Peace Corps Volunteers have returned to Guyana after a two-year hiatus, which was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with News Source, the Country Director for Peace Corps Guyana, Dr. Nadine Rogers disclosed that the new batch of volunteers is made up of 23 […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2022
Crime, News
Popular US-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke is wanted by the Police Force for questioning about his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to commit a felony of defamatory libel in order to extort money. The Police Force lists Burke’s last known addresses as Brooklyn New York and Bartica in Guyana. Burke has dismissed the wanted […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
A Canadian based Guyanese businessman, who is a director of local company Ideal Supplies Inc. has filed a $750 million defamation lawsuit against PPP activist Victor Singh. The businessman Heralall Nandlall said he is suing Victor Singh for false, defamatory, and libelous statements that were posted in a Facebook group that carries the name “PPPC […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2022
News, Politics
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has dispatched several documents containing cases of alleged voter impersonation at the last elections to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Office of the Commissioner of Police for verification. The APNU+AFC has long argued that while the Elections Commission in an attempt to […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2022
News, Politics
Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack has written to Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings requesting that Senior Magistrate Leron Daly be removed from hearing the cyber crime case against Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. In the letter, the DPP said while she recognizes that Magistrate Daly does not appear to have a personal […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2022
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has again shot down calls for it to investigate alleged irregularities which occurred during the 2020 polls. The Opposition APNU+AFC has been on the forefront of those calls which continue to go unanswered by GECOM. In a statement today, the Commission also confirmed that it has received a correspondence from the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2022
News, Politics
While noting the positive outlook of Guyana’s oil and gas sector and the benefits it brings to the country’s economy in the short and medium term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Guyana government that it needs not to go on a spending spree with revenues from the oil and gas sector, since […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2022
Crime, News
Legal Advisor of the Guyana Police Force, Attorney Mandel Moore was ordered into custody briefly this afternoon by Magistrate Leron Daly during the cyber crime case against Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. The extraordinary decision by the Magistrate followed the repeated failure of the Police Legal Advisor to produce a copy of the press conference hosted […]
By News Source Guyana on September 28, 2022
News, Politics
After close to two months of deliberations and four proposed plans for the conduct of Local Government Elections (LGE), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is still to finalize its plan. On Tuesday, the Elections Commission and its Chairman, retired Justice Claudette Singh asked the Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Vishnu Persaud to revise his work plan […]