By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2019
News, Politics
Local conglomerate Banks DIH Limited has recorded another year of improved earnings and profits. In its annual report which has been dispatched to shareholders, Banks DIH has announced an improvement its shareholders’ value by recording a whopping 14.3% increase in after tax profits. According to BANKS DIH Chief Executive Officer, Clifford Reis, the Group’s third […]
By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2019
News
With 6000 new applications for house lots made this year alone, the Central Housing and Planning Authority intends to ensure that there is more land allocation made to the “small man” or those considered in the lower-income brackets. Those 6000 new applications have brought the total number of active applications to over 60,000. At an […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger has issued proclamations for the dissolution of Parliament and the Regional Councils on Monday as the country gets ready to head to the polls on the 2nd March 2020. The Proclamations were issued after the President met with the Chairman and all of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission today. In […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan today dismissed accusations by the Opposition PPP and its General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo that he has an account at the Capital One Bank in the US with over $5million US dollars. In a brief statement to News Source, Minister Ramjattan said “I Have nothing to do with […]
By News Source Guyana on December 26, 2019
Crime, News
Police investigators were called to the scene of yet another murder this morning. 32-year-old labourer Israel McKenzie was found stabbed to death this morning at Second Street, La Penitence. McKenzie was reportedly in an intoxicated state walking home from an event when he was attacked by two men at around 3:30 this morning. The body […]
By News Source Guyana on December 25, 2019
Crime, News
Police investigators in different parts of the country found themselves breaking Christmas day investigating three murders that occurred within 24 hours. Two of the murders occurred on Christmas eve while the third took place early on Christmas morning. At around 10 pm on Tuesday night at Four Miles, Port Kaituma, a 19-year-old gold miner was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger as Leader of the APNU and Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as Leader of the AFC, today added their signatures to the revised Cummingsburg Accord, which is the agreement that formed the APNU+AFC coalition. The signing of the revised document was done away from the glitz, glamour and pageantry that welcomed the original signing […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2019
News, Politics
One of the newest political parties in Guyana, The Citizenship Initiative is offering a Christmas gift to the nation in the form of its manifesto for the March elections. The actual manifesto will be released on Christmas Day. The party called the media to the launching this morning but some technical difficulties prevented party officials […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2019
News
With Guyana starting oil production, the Department of Energy this morning announced that the Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited has been selected to buy Guyana’s first 3 lifts crude. Shell was among a group of nine selected companies that were involved in a face to face bid for Guyana’s share of first oil. The […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2019
News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has been able to verify over 60% of the first time registrants. In a data release, the Commission said that of the 16,863 new registrants, it was not able to verify 6,534. GECOM’s Public Relations Officer said those who were not verified might not have been home at the time of […]