By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health recorded Guyana’s 103rd Coronavirus related death. The latest fatal victim was a 61-year-old woman in Region One (Barima-Waini) who passed away at her home. She tested positive for the virus after she died. The death of the woman took the total number of deaths in the month of October […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
News, Politics
Already facing private criminal charges filed by People’s Progressive Party Member Charles Ramson Jr. in relation to alleged fraud at the March elections, Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform Volda Lawrence will face new questions by the Guyana Police Force as part of its probe. The Guyana Police Force has indicated that it intends […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
News, Politics
The Governments of Guyana and Suriname are moving full steam ahead with plans to bridge the Corentyne river between the two countries. On Saturday, Guyana’s Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill and Suriname’s Minister of Public Works Raid Nurmohamed planted the flags of Guyana and Suriname at the demarcation for the bridge in Berbice and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana reached the grim milestone of more than 100 Coronavirus deaths today as four persons lost their battle against the disease, taking the total number of deaths to 102. All four of the victims who died were men with the youngest being 28-years-old and the oldest being 57-years-old. The four men are from Regions 2, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
Crime, News
A Barbadian national, who was among a group of Guyanese and Barbadians busted on a cargo vessel with over 150 pounds of marijuana pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking and was sentenced to four years in jail and fined $51.5 Million. Four of the six men who were arrested earlier this week at a city […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
Crime, News
The Guyana Fire Service was summoned to the bond of CARICOM Auto Parts Store at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara as fire swept through the building. Firemen were able to contain the blaze to the one bond, but by the time they did, millions of dollars in car parts were already destroyed. Employees […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News
Days after the Guyana National Road Safety Council raised concern about the 51% increase in road fatalities for this year, two more persons have lost their lives on the country’s roadways. An early morning smash up at Chateau Margot public road this morning claimed the lives of 52-year-old security guard, Lionel Brower and 24-year-old mechanic […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News, Politics
As the government moves ahead with the reopening of the country, it is pushing for all public servants to return to their jobs full time, effectively ending a rotation and shift system that was put in place in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo seen by News Source, staff members of the Local […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon today accused the PPP Civic government and some elements in the Guyana Police Force of being part of plot to dismantle the current make-up of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Harmon drew attention to the number of GECOM staffers who have been questioned and charged on […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
After keeping her in custody for the past three days and not getting many of its questions answered, the Guyana Police Force today marched the Deputy Chief Election Officer, Roxanne Myers before the Court to face two charges of misconduct in public office. The charges are in relation to allegations of fraud at the 2020 […]