By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
News, Politics
British Under Secretary of State and Member of Parliament David Rutley is in Guyana for a series of meetings. This morning, he met with President Irfaan Ali and a Government team at State House. The British High Commissioner was also part of the meeting. In a statement, the President’s Office said the discussions focused on […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall Demanding that ‘good governance prevails,’ the Linden Mayor and members of his Town Council picketed the Office of the Local Government Commission today over moves by the Commission to appoint Government Political Activist Lennox Gasper as the Municipal Town Clerk. The protesters said the process has already been “botched” by the Local […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
News, Politics
The Opposition suffered another major setback in its attempt to vitiate the results of 2020 Elections, with the Court of Appeal ruling this morning that there was nothing unconstitutional about Order 60, thereby upholding the earlier ruling by the Acting Chief Justice. Order 60 is the order that was used for the recount. In April […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
News, Politics
Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud has described the recent meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as a success, noting that not only did it quell the tension which was escalating at the time, but it has also set the stage for good relations between the two […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
Crime, News
A party in the East Coast Demerara village of Victoria ended tragically early Sunday morning after two men lost their lives in a cutlass attack. Police are investigating the two murders. The two dead men have been identified as 24-year-old Yoffi Bobb and 26-year-old William Montrose. According to a Police statement, William Montrose was at […]
By News Source Guyana on December 18, 2023
Crime, News
Agriculture Minister Zulfcar Mustapha is nursing a number of injuries after a speeding car slammed into his Government assigned vehicle, while he was leaving the West Coas Berbice area yesterday. Surveillance video captured from a nearby CCTV camera showed the Minister’s vehicle and another Ministry of Agriculture vehicle moving slowing along the roadway when a […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2023
Health, News
A 44-year-old Essequibo woman has been given a new lease on life, after Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital were able to remove a massive 34.7-pound tumour from her abdomen. The life-saving procedure was performed by Dr. Rafi Rozan, who is Chief Consultant Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, along with his expert team. The tumour was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2023
News
Hundreds of Guyanese on Friday paid their last respects to four of the servicemen who died tragically in a helicopter crash last week while in service to the country. The men – Brigadier Gary Beaton, Colonel Michael Shahoud, Lt. Colonel Sean Welcome, and Staff Sergeant Jason Khan – were remembered as ‘silent heroes,’ visionary leaders, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
Three months after he was barred from leaving the country, Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson is suing the State. Patterson, who is an Executive Member of the AFC, filed a Fixed Date Application in the High Court on Tuesday, seeking an award of damages in excess of $100,000, in addition to exemplary damages, for […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
The Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union has been ordered by the Court to begin preparations for a Special General Meeting to be held by February 5, 2024. 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 […]