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As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) gears up for the September 1 General and Regional Elections, Election Day staff, as well as the Management staff, are undergoing “rigorous” training, according to the Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward. Cognizant of the challenges that confronted the Election Secretariat during the 2020 Elections, GECOM is placing heavy […]
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today fired back at social media commentator, Mikhail Rodrigues aka “Guyanese Critic”, over his profanity laced tirade against her for her position that social media singer, “Baby Skello”, should not have been remanded to jail for a blasphemous libel charge. The “Guyanese Critic” on his social media talk show on […]
As rehabilitative work continues on the East Bank Demerara public road between Diamond and Good Success, the Ministry of Public Works has taken a decision to divert vehicular traffic, with the exception of trucks and public transportation, to the various bypass roads along the corridor to ease congestion. Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill made […]
High Court Judge, Simone Morris-Ramlall this morning granted bail in the sum of $45,000 to social media singer, Daniel Wharton aka “Baby Skello”. Last Friday, Magistrate Judy Latchman remanded Wharton to jail after he was charged for the crime of Blasphemous Libel over a song that he sang on tiktok which is alleged to have […]
President Irfaan Ali has defended his Government’s continued investment in the sugar industry, as not just support for the industry, but also support for the thousands of families connected to the industry. Delivering the keynote address at the 177th Commemoration of the Enmore Martyrs in Enmore, the President vowed that his Government will continue to […]
Two motorcyclists lost their lives tragically on Sunday night in a head-on collision along the Fort Canje Public Road in New Amsterdam, Berbice. The two dead men have been identified as 25-year-old Junior Malcolm Matthews and 29-year-old Stephen Tilloo. A Police report on the incident explained that the two motorcyclists were riding their bikes in […]
Guyanese and Commonwealth citizens, who are eligible to vote in the September 1 General and Regional Elections have until Wednesday, June 18, 2025 to register as the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) advances the process of producing an Official List of Electors. In an interview with News Source today, GECOM’s Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Ward, said […]
The Ethnic Relations Commission has announced that it has formally launched an investigation into several “reprehensible and deeply offensive” comments made by a woman identified as Jennifer Ally on social media against the family of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, who died tragically back in April. In a statement this morning, the ERC it has taken note […]
A Father’s Day day outing in Linden among a group of friends turned tragic on Sunday when 21-year-old, Berbice resident, Nazim Hamid, drowned. The incident took place in the Demerara River in Coomacka, on the outskirts of Linden. According to an eyewitness, the young man and his group of friends arrived at the beach and […]
Three Venezuelan men who allegedly chased down, beat and stabbed one of their own countrymen to death are being sought by Police for the murder. 30-year-old Venezuelan national and construction worker, Omar Martinez Rodriguez, was attacked and stabbed to death after being beaten on Saturday night outside the Panda Supermarket in Goed Fortuin on the […]
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