By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has seized and destroyed nearly 7000 pieces of substandard electrical products found on the local market. Earlier this year, GNBS started the monitoring of several categories of electrical equipment and fittings based on the requirements of the mandatory national standards. In a statement today, the GNBS said since […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana today expressed its dismay and surprise over a recent move by Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill to order the suspension of two local aircraft operators after two planes belonging to the operators were involved in two separate incidents. In a statement, the Association expressed its shock at statements by […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
Crime, News
As Police investigators continue to put together the pieces of Saturday night’s execution of a Georgetown man at Wismar in Linden, the dead man’s grieving relatives today admitted that not only was he known to law enforcement but he is also a former robbery convict who was trying to turn his life around. 23-year-old Delroy […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
A post-mortem examination performed on the body of the 23-year-old Roxanne Burnham Gardens man Delroy Mc Kenzie who was executed Saturday night in Linden found that he was shot nine times about the body. The postmortem conducted by Dr. Nehaul Singh concluded that the man died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. A police […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health will soon be reviewing and updating the protocols that are in place for persons travelling to Guyana during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Minister Frank Anthony explained today that currently, persons travelling to Guyana are only required to have a negative PCR Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival. He […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
Police investigators who are probing the Saturday night gunning down of Georgetown resident Delroy McKenzie at Wismar, have found a burnt grey Toyota car suspected to have been used in the execution. In a statement this morning, the Police said the burnt-out and abandoned car was found along the Blue Lake access road at Kara […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News
Two persons were killed, and several others were badly injured in a horrific late-night accident at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara last evening. The dead and injured were all passengers in a Route 42 mini-bus that was speeding along the roadway when the driver lost control of the vehicle after it hit […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2021
News, Politics
Police investigators in Linden are continuing their probe of the Saturday night gunning down of a 23-year-old man from Roxanne Burnham Gardens Georgetown at Sunflower Street in Wismar, Linden. The dead youth was identified as Delron McKenzie. His friend, Calvin Daly was injured in the attack. The friend told investigators that he accompanied McKenzie to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2021
News, Politics
As a rift continues in the People’s National Congress Reform over Party Leader David Granger’s handling of party matters, a group of five of the fifteen current members of the Central Executive Committee has emerged to lash out at the other members who recently publicly criticized Mr. Granger in a statement. “We denounce, most emphatically, […]
By News Source Guyana on July 16, 2021
News, Politics
As public health officials worldwide continue to monitor several mutations and variants of the Coronavirus, there is growing concern that the fast-spreading Delta strain is in Guyana and is affecting more children than any other strain. A 16-year-old passed away at the COVID Hospital and at least three other children are hospitalized. While there is […]