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A drug eradication operation carried out by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has led to the arrest of two persons and the seizure of $37 million worth of marijuana. The two who have been arrested are 43-year-old Sean Thomas aka “Yankee” of Kitty and 41-year-old Bulah London of Eccles. In a statement, CANU explained that […]
The Christ Church Secondary School on Middle Street was gutted by fire this afternoon, days after there was a small fire in one of school’s science laboratories. Just after 5:30 this afternoon, the Fire Service was summoned to the school after heavy smoke was seen billowing from a section of the bottom flat of the […]
Less than one week after she watched the Government bulldoze her home at Cane View, Mocha Arcadia, single mother, Lashonda Ellis, has now found herself jobless after being fired by the Home Affairs Ministry. Speaking with News Source today, Ms Ellis, who served as a Data Entry Clerk at the Providence Police Station, said she […]
One day after the Education Ministry denounced the physical attack on a Graham’s Hall Primary School teacher by a parent, another teacher has been physically attacked by a parent. The latest incident took place this morning at the St Angela’s Primary School. According to the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, the […]
Over three hundred squatters living along the sea defence reserves on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) have been told they will all relocated within the next six months. According to the Housing Ministry, 317 structures, including 57 owned by Venezuelan immigrants, are on the reserves at Little Diamond, Great Diamond, Grove, Herstelling Sea Dam, […]
The Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings has indicated that the shortage of Judges within the Judicial System has resulted in the remaining judges being overworked, as she made a strong case for the swift establishment of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “We need more judges; we need the Judicial Service Commission […]
The Opposition’s lead attorney, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, has asked the High Court to order President Irfaan Ali to initiate consultation with the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on the appointments of the Chancellor and Chief Justice within two months. However, Guyana’s Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandall has objected to request, stating that […]
A fight between a 26-year-old Werk-en-rust man and his 30-year-old reputed wife ended with the man’s murder late last night at the hands of the wife. The dead man has been identified as Leroy Dey. A Police report said that after being away from their home for four days, Dey showed up on Tuesday night […]
The search for a new General Secretary of the People’s National Congress may be coming to an end as the party’s Leader, Aubrey Norton has asked Executive Member and Member of Parliament Dawn Hastings-Williams to serve in the position. On Tuesday, Mr. Norton confirmed to News Source that he has met and held discussions with […]
At a time when the average growth rate across the world is projected to decline sharply to 1.7% this year, Guyana’s economy is expected to grow by 25.2% in 2023, according to the World Bank. According to the banks’s Global Economic Prospects report, growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is also expected to decline […]
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