By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2018
News, Politics
In a show of unity, close to 100 Christian Leaders in Guyana added their names to a call on the Government to keep laws that criminalise buggery in place. The group of church leaders took out a full page advertisement in the Sunday’s newspapers with their names and churches attached and made known their objection […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
The owner of the Tourist Villa hotel in Fifth Street, Subryanville is in Police custody after he shot his neighbour, 30-year-old, Jason De Florimonte (in photo above) dead this morning. The dead man was shot four times to the body. According to a Police statement, at around 1:45 this morning, the now deceased man and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the lower Pomeroon area are probing the murder of a 73-year-old man in his own home. The dead man has only been identified as Deonarine, who is known to villagers as “Russian”. According to a Police statement, the Friday night killing took place just after the elderly man and his 46-year-old girlfriend […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
Crime, News
Two prisoners who are on remand at the Lusignan Prison for murder are under extra security after prison officials unearthed a plan being made by the two men to escape from the prison. According the Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, prison officers on duty were able to disrupt the escape plan over the past […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
News, Politics
The Guyana Water Incorporated today announced that it has seen an increase in revenues collected for the first half of 2018, when compared to the same period last year. Revenue collected for the six-month period is up from $1.8 billion to $2 billion, GWI’s Managing Director Dr. Richard Van West Charles announced. But even with […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the murder of 21-year-old, Ronsely Clarke, of 181 Timehri, EBD. The shooting death occurred around 7:30 last night at ‘C’ Field Access Road, Sophia allegedly by a man who was known to the deceased. The investigations have so far revealed that the victim was in company of […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
News, Politics
Opportunities in aviation, tourism, investment and trade across the region will be on full display when Guyana hosts the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Air Transport Conference later this year. The conference will bring together representatives from a total of 192 countries. Recognized as the largest meeting in Guyana’s aviation history to be held here from November […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2018
Crime, News
A 36-year-old, boat Captain from Port Kaituma, who allegedly used his speedboat to kill his father-in-law, was today charged and remanded to prison for the murder. The man, George Vanslytman appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea. It is alleged that on the 28th July, he murdered his father-in-law […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2018
Crime, News
President David Granger on today received the final report from the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry. The report, calls for several officials of the former People’s Progressive Party government to be questioned in a fresh probe into the 2008 massacre. While the Commission has recommended compensation for the family members of the eight miners who were killed, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2018
News
Two Guyana Defence Force Second Lieutenants, Steffon Cameron and Teffurn James, have successfully completed a Chinese Air Force Basic Fighter Pilot and Officer Development Course. With the completion of the five-year programme, the two have earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Aircraft Systems and Operations, a Bachelor’s Degree in Military Science Aviation Flight and Command, and […]