By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
The Durban Backlands former home of ex-President David Granger which now houses an office and his youth foundation was vandalised with thieves carting off more than $600,000 worth of items including computers that were installed for children in the community to use. The incident occurred sometime between the night of April 24 and the following […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic was first recorded in Guyana two years ago, the hospitals across the country are free of COVID-19 cases. The Ministry of Health in its daily COVID-19 dashboard reported today that while there are 93 active cases of the virus, including 8 new cases, none of those cases […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
The regional examination body, Caribbean Examinations Council, today announced that it has made a decision to delay the start of this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations by three weeks. The exams are now scheduled to start on the 23rd May. Jamaica and a number of other Caribbean countries pushed for […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News
After being on the run for four years over the stabbing death of a Kitty man, 33-year-old Damian Bissoon recently surrendered to the Police to face the murder charge. The murder accused appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not required to enter a plea to the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force is advising owners and drivers of vehicles to stop the practice of installing coloured lights on their vehicles or face prosecution. This past weekend, Police on the Essequibo Coast engaged in a ‘White Light Campaign’ where a number of vehicles were stopped and examined for coloured lights resulting in eleven vehicles […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
A 24-year-old man who was caught red-handed selling marijuana in the Kuru Kururu area is in Police custody and is expected to face charges soon. Police ranks were in the area on Tuesday afternoon when the man was observed collecting money from various persons and handing them a small bag from a large black plastic […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2022
Crime, News
A 56-year-old man from Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara lost his life this morning when he was mowed down by a motor lorry along the Bagotstown Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara. Police have identified the dead man as Mohan Toolsie. A report of the incident said Toolsie exited a parked […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2022
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali is in the United Kingdom pushing investment opportunities in Guyana and today he told a Guyana Investment Seminar in London that Guyana is prime for investment as the country continues to grow as a major oil producer. The President pointed to the development of the manufacturing and industrial sectors in Guyana and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2022
News, Politics
The ExxonMobil company this afternoon announced a triple discovery of oil offshore Guyana on the Stabroek Block, which has now pushed the estimated discovery on the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion barrels. In a statement, the company said the three discoveries are southeast of the Liza and Payara developments and bring to five the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 26, 2022
Crime, News
A search is underway in the Toroparu Backdam in the Lower Puruni river area in Region Seven where a miner has been missing for the past ten days. In a statement today, the Guyana Police Force announced that it is investigating the disappearance of 27-year-old miner Noel Anthony Fredericks. The man who is originally from […]