By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2026
News
Demerara Bank Limited today announced the 10 winners of its 2025–2026 Innovation Tank Entrepreneurship Programme. The programme, which was launched in September 2025 as part of the Bank’s G$10 million Corporate Social Responsibility commitment, was created to support early-stage businesses and startups by providing non-repayable grant funding, mentorship, and practical business development support. Guided by […]
By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2026
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The Court of Appeal today rejected an application by Businessmen Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed for the extradition committal proceedings in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to be halted, pending the hearing and determination of their challenge to the recent High Court ruling on the issue of political bias. Instead, the panel of Appellate […]
By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2026
News, Politics
The new US$35 million Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge in Linden, Region 10 is 97% complete, according to the Ministry of Public Works. The bridge is being built by China Railway Construction (Caribbean) Company Ltd. and GuyCo Construction Inc. In a statement, the Public Works Ministry said an assessment visit to the project site was conducted on Friday […]
By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2026
Crime, News
Police in Queens, New York are probing the death of a Guyanese woman, whose head was discovered last week near the Jamaica Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel, Queens, four months after the rest of the body was discovered in another section of the same Queens community. Investigators have identified the woman as a Guyanese woman, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
News
The Ministry of Health has launched a Community Nutrition Technician Training Programme, as it seeks to to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases in the country. For a period of six months, the first batch of 20 Community Nutrition Technicians will undergo extensive training, which will cover the four modules of Introduction to Nutrition and Public Health, Nutrition […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali, is in support of ‘changing the status quo’ in communist-run Cuba, in line with a position adopted by US President Donald Trump. President Trump is pursuing a hardline regime change policy towards Cuba, aiming to force a collapse of the Government. His administration has implemented strict sanctions, including a blockade on oil […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
News
A search and rescue operation was launched early this morning following the sinking of a tanker barge about 9.5 nautical miles off Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. Two crew members are missing. According to a statement from the Maritime Administration Department, the barge was engaged in the transport of a cargo of molasses […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
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Guyana’s Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, has stated that it was the Government of Cuba, and not Guyana, that withdrew the Cuban Medical Brigade from Guyana. In an interview with News Source this morning, Dr. Anthony explained that the Government was in talks with the Cuban Authorities, when the decision was taken by Cuba […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
Crime, News
Police in Linden arrested a taxi driver from Wismar on Sunday afternoon following the discovery of several large parcels of marijuana stashed in five-gallon jars. The 58-year-old driver was stopped by the Police during an operation at Bamia along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday afternoon. The Police said the driver was the only occupant in […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2026
News
The University of Guyana, (UG) has commenced a search for a new Vice Chancellor, as the term in office of the current Vice Chancellor, Professor Paloma Mohamed, is coming to an end. In a statement, UG Chancellor, Sir Ronald Sanders, said the University’s Council decided to establish a Search Committee to identify and recommend a […]
