By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
Crime, News
The two Berbice men, Suraj Singh and Mourice Vansluytman who were arrested earlier this week with 277 pounds of marijuana in their possession were charged and remanded to prison today. The two appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the No. 51 Magistrates’ Court in Berbice. The both pleaded not guilty to the drug possession charge […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
News, Politics
Former Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned, Guyana Oil Company, Renatha Marshall, has been appointed as the new Country Manager of Caribbean Airlines. Her appointment took effect on the 5th September and she was introduced to President Irfaan Ali today in her new role during a meeting between the President and senior officials of the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
News, Politics
Anticipating an increase in disputes, litigations and arbitration proceedings, which are likely to stem from Guyana’s budding Oil and Gas Industry, the Hughes, Fields and Stoby (HFS) Law Firm is looking to expand its operations as it celebrates its Golden Jubilee. In the Oil and Gas Industry, multibillion-dollar projects spanning decades, often times require […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2022
News, Politics
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2020 General and Regional Elections will commence public hearings in early November, according to the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall. Speaking to News Source on the side-lines of the recommissioning ceremony of the Mibikuri Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, Mr. Nandlall said under the […]
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 […]