By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed his disappointment over recent decisions coming out of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo raised concern about GECOM recent move to begin a process to correct the information contained on the Revised Voters List to include information gathered during the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2020
News, Politics
The Guyana Revenue Authority today disputed reports carried by the Guyana Times that in the Auditor General’s 2018 report, it shows that the revenue collection agency collected $217 Billion in taxes in 2018. The GRA issued a statement this afternoon responding to the report. GRA Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia in his statement said the GRA’s total […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2020
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has announced that it has started an administrative process to ensure that electors are placed within their correct divisions for voting. The move comes after it was realized that some of the information for voters on the Revised List of Electors did not reflect changes that were made by persons during […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2020
News
The Guyana Police Force this morning issued a wanted bulletin for the General Manager of the Ramada Princess Hotel, Turkish national Ugur Turetgen. According to the bulletin, Turetgen is wanted for fraud and immigration violations. While the Guyana Police Force did not offer details of the alleged crimes, News Source understands that the fraud charge […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
On the same day that he declared that he will be picking his Prime Ministerial nominee after the elections, President David Granger back peddled on that position this evening and announced that AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan will be his Prime Minister in a new APNU+AFC Government. Speaking before a large gathering for the coalition’s second […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
While accepting the credentials of the new Australian High Commissioner to Guyana, President David Granger today expressed sorrow at the ongoing wildfires in Australia that have devastated parts of the country. “We have been deeply saddened, and I express sincere condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, for the loss of lives […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
News, Politics
The issue of charges faced by Guyanese passengers on Caribbean Airlines has taken off in wake of a report by the Guyana Consumer Affairs Commission that the airline was “milking” passengers on the Guyana route with its high prices. Caribbean Airlines has dismissed the report and claims that if it is able to offer direct […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
Crime, News
Post-mortem examinations conducted on the bodies of the young couple found lifeless in a hotel bathtub is pointing to the woman being murdered and the man taking his own life. According to the post mortem examination conducted by Government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, the young woman Subrena Nandram died as a result of manual strangulation, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
News
The Alliance For Change, which is part of the APNU+AFC coalition has indicated that while the President’s statements about naming a Prime Ministerial nominee after the elections may be confusing to its supporters, the party is not confused and maintains that its Leader Khemraj Ramjattan will be that Prime Ministerial nominee. In a statement, a […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2020
News, Politics
The mining industry is making a strong comeback with gold declarations for 2019 surpassing that of 2018, and foreign revenue simultaneously increasing. The announcement about the improved performance was made by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Tuesday. According to the Ministry, the gold declarations for 2019 reached 634,905 ounces which represent an increase […]