By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the death of 46-year-old Gregory Wayne Frank, whose lifeless body was discovered this morning in the living room of his Kuru Kururu apartment According to the Police statement, his forehead appeared swollen and the back door of the apartment was found opened. The entire house was ransacked and several valuables that […]
By News Source Guyana on August 1, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force late last evening announced the arrest of five persons including a fifteen year old boy following a joint services operation at Ekura Creek in the Canje river area yesterday. That operation unearthed five shotguns, a pistol and three live rounds along with twelve kilograms of dried marijuana and a five-acre marijuana […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2018
News, Politics
There are reports that the Government has opted to part ways with Permanent Secretary in the Department of Public Service, Reginald Brotherson, now that he has reached the age for retirement. A senior government source has confirmed the move. News Source understands that the decision may have been made by the President himself. The Department […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2018
News
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today agreed with the Courts in Guyana and found that the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (“GAWU”) and National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (“NAACIE”) were adequately consulted before the Government’s decision to close the Rose Hall and Enmore sugar estates on December 29th, 2017. The […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2018
News, Politics
By Ravin Singh Three of the country’s top spokespersons on the emerging oil and gas sector, clashed yesterday on the Al Jazeera TV Network over Guyana’s preparedness ahead of production, which is expected to commence in 2020. Former Presidential Advisor on Oil and Gas, Jan Mangal, Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram and Director of Public Information, Imran […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2018
News
(DPI) Minister of Citizenship, Mr. Winston Felix, today, said plans are in motion for the establishment of a homestead settlement area for the 260 confirmed Venezuelans, who are occupying areas in Barima-Waini (Region One). The Minister made this announcement during an interview with the Public Information and Press Services Unit of the Ministry of the Presidency […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2018
News, Politics
With the government talking about an early presentation of the 2019 national budget, the APNU+AFC government is being called into question by the Guyana Public Service Union over its failure to deliver on several promises made prior to its election to office and its first budget in 2015. GPSU’s President Patrick Yarde told a media […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2018
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has announced the arrest of four men following the discovery of more than 250 pounds of marijuana during a Saturday mornng operation. In a statement, CANU said its Ranks conducted the operation on the East Coast of Demerara and found a wooden vessel and a taxi with several bulky bags of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Public Service Union on Monday disclosed that there is an ongoing police investigation into a series of break-ins at its headquarters in Georgetown as it continues to evaluate its losses. GPSU Head Patrick Yarde said the first of about four burglaries was discovered about two weeks ago, on Monday July 16th, by the staff of the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2018
News
Two persons were killed instantly last evening when the car they were in slammed into another car at Bee Hive Public Road on the East Coast of Demerara. Dead are 37-year-old Satyanand Harripersaud and 19-year-old, Varsha Khemraj. Harripersaud was the driver of PSS 9153 and was traveling along the main roadway just after 10pm when […]