By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2022
Crime, News
A sophia woman was stabbed to death last evening during an argument close to her B field, Sophia home. The dead woman has been identified as Vanessa Anderson. Two sisters who live near to the woman in the same Sophia community have since been arrested for the murder. According to reports, the woman, Vanessa Anderson […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2022
News, Politics
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition today said it remains fully committed to the full realization of Indigenous rights as embodied in international conventions and in the Constitution of Guyana. The message from the party came as Guyana joined the rest of the world in observing International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. In keeping with this […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2022
News, Politics
With the Guyana Elections Commission talking about being prepared to host Local Government Elections, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said he does not see those elections happening with the current List of Electors, and current Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, rt’d Justice Claudette Singh remaining in place. The Opposition has long complained that the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2022
News, Politics
Assurances by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it is currently engaging Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) on a proposed total guarantee of US$2billion to complement the US$600 million insurance policies for Liza 1, Liza 2 and Payara permits has not found favour with former Head of the EPA, Dr. Vincent Adams, who […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2022
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The cultivation of industrial hemp will commence in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) and Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall announced as the National Assembly passed the Industrial Hemp Bill last evening in a historic move. Hemp is part of the marijuana family, but is mostly grown for […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2022
News, Politics
In a session filled with government ministers questioning fellow government Ministers in the Committee of Supplies, the National Assembly this afternoon approved $44.7 Billion in supplementary provisions for government spending. The supplementary budget came just six months after the government got approval for its $552.9 billion 2022 budget, which was already almost 50% more than […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2022
Crime, News
The search for a missing Essequibo farmer came to an end on Sunday when his lifeless body was found floating in the Essequibo river. The dead man was identified as 35-year-old Romeo Randolph. His body was found in a decomposing state. According to a Police statement, when the body was discovered floating in the river, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2022
News, Politics
The APNU+AFC Opposition boycotted today’s sitting of the National Assembly and the Government’s presentation of a $44 billion supplementary budget. All of the APNU+AFC seats in the Assembly were empty when the sitting was called and remained empty as the Government presented and passed the supplementary provisions. In a telephone interview with News Source, Leader […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2022
News, Politics
Expressing confidence that the fortunes of the sugar industry could be improved, Minister of Agriculture, Zulficar Mustapha today defended the allocation of another $3.4 Billion in supplementary funding to the Guyana Sugar Corporation. The Agriculture Minister believes that the additional capital can ultimately bring production cost down. He told the National Assembly this morning that […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2022
News, Politics
Chief Justice Roxane George has announced that she will hand down her ruling on the 23rd August as to whether the President acted unconstitutionally when he appointed Patrick Findlay as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and also appointed members of the Integrity Commission. Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is challenging the constitutionality of the […]