By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News, Politics
A 70-year-old gold miner lost his life tragically on Tuesday when the walls of a mining pit collapsed and buried him. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place at around 2pm on Tuesday at Thomas Island, Puruni River in Region Seven. The dead miner has been identified as Emmanuel […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News
A Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara taxi driver and a watchman from Bagotstown on the East Bank Demerara are in custody for drug trafficking. The two men, 48-year-old Earl Harper and 47-year-old Dwayne Campbell, were arrested on Monday with more than 47 pounds of marijuana in their possession. The packets of marijuana were found in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News
Although she walked away from an abusive relationship and was restarting life on her own terms, an Annandale, East Coast Demerara woman was found murdered this afternoon at the home of her estranged husband. The dead woman has been identified as Bibi Fazi Alli. She worked as a cleaner at a school near to the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, has accused the Government of manufacturing crisis at the Guyana Power and Light Company, rather than working to fix the service being provided to citizens. During the ongoing Budget debates, Mr. Patterson said when the coalition took office in 2015, it met an ailing GPL, but immediately took steps […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
News
Minister of Local Government, Sonia Parag today fiercely defended Government’s part-time job programme, as she stood in the National Assembly championing the $1.3 Trillion Budget, of which $11B has been set aside for the initiative. Minister Parag said since the start of the Budget Debates last Friday, the Opposition has developed a “disturbing trend” […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
News
Lashing out at the Irfaan Ali Administration for not consulting the Opposition on the 2025 Budget, Opposition firebrand, Ganesh Mahipaul, told the National Assembly this morning that the President cannot speak of a united Guyana, while actively excluding the opposition from meaningful participation. He said the divisive political tactics employed by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
News
In a fierce battle of words over the education sector, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand clashed with Opposition MP Coretta McDonald, and declared that the Government will not rest until it achieves a 100% pass rate in Math and English at the CXC level. On Tuesday, Minister Manickchand told the National Assembly that the low […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2025
News
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus, who is facing more than 260 criminal charges related to allegations of financial crimes, has moved to the High Court to challenge the recent appointment of a Discipline Tribunal by the Police Service Commission to investigate him for breaches of discipline. The embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police suspects that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2025
Business, News
The Food for the Poor organization has announced that it is redirecting its focus with the hope of garnering local financial support, as international support dwindles. At a press conference today, the Chief Executive Officer of Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc, Andrea Benjamin, said the needs of the country have evolved and with the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 28, 2025
Business, News, Politics
The state of the sugar industry came into sharp focus in the National Assembly again this morning as Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha and Opposition Member of Parliament, Vinceroy Jordan squared off over the collapse and management of the sugar industry with Mustapha declaring that the failure of the industry started under the previous APNU+AFC government, […]