By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2021
News, Politics
With the Government’s recent announcement that it intends to meet with bankers and other creditors to explore ways to alleviate the burden on indebted persons who are battling the foods particularly farmers and miners, several miners in Region 7 are pleading with commercial banks to defer their loans as they have been severely affected by […]
By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2021
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon is demanding that the government comes clean about its alleged relationship with a member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family Sheik Ahmad Dalmook Maktoum and his associate Umar Farooq Zahoor after an international media investigation tied the two men to an alleged vaccine racket scandal targeting poorer countries. Guyana has […]
By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2021
News, Politics
Guyana has recorded 7 more COVID-19 related deaths, pushing the country’s death toll to 437. Four of the seven deaths were recorded on Sunday while the other 3 were recorded on Monday according to the Ministry of Health. The youngest was 51-years-old while the oldest was 84-years-old. Regions 3, 4, and 10 recorded 2 deaths […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
Crime, News
Agents from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Police are currently investigating the discovery of a burnt out Cessna 206 aircraft along the Bissaruni trail, 12 miles east of Kwakwani in the Upper Berbice area. In a statement, the Police said at around 8:15pm on Monday, a report was received about an aircraft that […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
News, Politics
As Guyana seeks to further strengthen its relations with the United States, President Irfaan Ali and a senior Government team on Friday held discussions with the Chairman of the US House Foreign Relations Committee, Representative Gregory Meeks. In a tweet, the US Representative said the meeting underscored the importance of issues such as climate change, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
News, Politics
Despite ongoing questions surrounding the management of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation, the National Assembly last evening approved and allocated another $1.5 Billion to aid in the government’s restructuring plan for the company. The additional funding comes just three months after $2 Billion was allocated to the company in the 2021 budget. Agriculture Minister Zulficar […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
News, Politics
The Bar Association of Guyana has expressed its unease over the Government’s move to amend the Police Act to allow the Police to take the DNA of any person taken into lawful custody. The Bar Association said the proposed amendment is “troubling”, adding that it only became aware of the proposed amendment from a media […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
News
At 5:30 this morning, the Government used its parliamentary majority aided by the support of Joinder Parties representative, Lenox Shuman to pass a motion to remove Opposition Member David Patterson as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. The PAC is considered the most important parliamentary committee as it is responsible for the oversight of […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2021
News, Politics
A supplementary budget of $21.3 Billion has been approved by the National Assembly with $10 Billion of that money going towards the efforts to deal with the ongoing floods across the country. Prime Mark Phillips told the National Assembly that the country is facing a national disaster because of the floods and every region has […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2021
Crime, News
Three persons died on the spot and three others including a young baby are in a serious condition following an early morning smash-up at Fort Wellington in Berbice. The three dead persons were identified as 23-year-old taxi driver Carlos Edwards, 61-year-old retired Policeman Hookumchand Parmanand and 36-year-old Shabana Latiff. The dead taxi driver’s baby and […]