By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2022
News, Politics
Today is World Press Freedom Day and in a message to mark the day, the Guyana Press Association urged the government to assure journalists and media houses that it does not and will not utilise spyware to monitor their work and activities in the digital space. The Association said journalists are also be urged to […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2022
News, Politics
As Guyana joins the rest of the World in celebrating World Press Freedom Day today, the western diplomats from the US, Canada, the UK and the EU believe media attention to accountability has never been more important in Guyana. In a joint statement, the Diplomats said that media attention to accountability is especially important now […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2022
News, Politics
Union leaders called for unity in representing the rights of workers as they pressed the government for not doing enough to tackle the rising cost of living and still not budging to increase the minimum wage for the private sector. Hundreds of workers marched through the streets yesterday in observance of Labour Day. General Secretary […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2022
Crime, News
Police investigators in the Rupununi region are investigating the murder of a farmer from the Deep Rupununi village of Bashaizon. The body of 59-year-old Cedric Jones is currently in the morgue at the Lethem hospital awaiting a post-mortem examination. According to information gathered by the police, Jones was involved in a fistfight with a 27-year-old […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2022
Crime, News
A young national squash player died in an accident early Sunday morning in the city when another vehicle slammed into the car he was in. Dead is 27-year-old Ian Mekdeci of Subryanville. He was a passenger in the car being driven by his friend when a drunk driver sped through the stoplight with his jeep […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has recused herself from presiding over the case currently before the Court against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan who is facing a charge of misconduct in public office, which is linked to the sale of a property by the former Government to the BK company. The Chief Magistrate announced at the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
News, Politics
Facing a backlash over his claims that the NIS is bankrupt because of the laying off of sugar workers under the former government, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today sought to clarify his statement. The APNU+AFC opposition has reminded Jagdeo that it was under his watch as President that money from the NIS was used to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
Crime, News
Family members of the two men found dead in a car in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel are still making final funeral arrangements as they await the completion of the investigation and the green light from the Police for them to cremate the remains. While the Police have released the bodies to the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
Crime, News
The body of 53-year-old Corentyne resident Waynumattie Permaul was this morning discovered in shallow grave in her Kilcoy Chesney yard, seven days after she went missing. The woman’s husband, Avemanen Permaul has since been arrested for the murder and has reportedly confessed to the crime. The murdered woman was the mother of Guyanese cricketer, Veersammy […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
News, Politics
The Opposition is not taking kindly to statements made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, blaming the former APNU+AFC for the current financial state of the National Insurance Scheme. Jagdeo told Berbicians during a visit that the NIS is now in a bankrupt state and that should be blamed on the former government because of its […]