By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Civil Society group, Policy Forum Guyana has raised questions about the inclusion of British Parliamentarian David Lammy, and Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues as Directors on the Natural Resource Fund Board In a release, Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) said while it welcomes the long-delayed appointment of the Board of Directors of […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Robert Persaud is reminding Guyanese who are planning to return to invest and live in Guyana that Guyana is still a developing nation and they should therefore temper some of their expectations when comparing Guyana to fully developed countries. Speaking at an engagement hosted by the Ministry […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali met with the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles today as he continued his official visit to the United Kingdom. The President held brief talks with the Prince on various issues related to Guyana. On Wednesday, the President met and held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Over the past […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
Crime, News
A speeding mini-bus driver who lost control of his mini-bus while overtaking a car and slammed into a grader along the Uitvlugt public road has escaped with injuries that are not life-threatening. A number of his passengers also escaped with minor injuries while one passenger has been hospitalized. The Guyana Police Force said the accident […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
Crime, News
Police investigators in Region Seven are probing the murder of a Venezuelan woman, whose body was found with multiple chop wounds and partly buried in a shallow grave in the Eteringbang backdam. Investigators have identified the dead woman as Deissy Antury Perdomo. She worked in the bordering community of Eteringbang as a clothes vendor and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
The Durban Backlands former home of ex-President David Granger which now houses an office and his youth foundation was vandalised with thieves carting off more than $600,000 worth of items including computers that were installed for children in the community to use. The incident occurred sometime between the night of April 24 and the following […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic was first recorded in Guyana two years ago, the hospitals across the country are free of COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health in its daily COVID-19 dashboard reported today that while there are 93 active cases of the virus, including 8 new cases, none of those cases […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
The regional examination body, Caribbean Examinations Council, today announced that it has made a decision to delay the start of this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations by three weeks. The exams are now scheduled to start on the 23rd May. Jamaica and a number of other Caribbean countries pushed for […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News
After being on the run for four years over the stabbing death of a Kitty man, 33-year-old Damian Bissoon recently surrendered to the Police to face the murder charge. The murder accused appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to enter a plea to the […]