By News Source Guyana on October 20, 2019
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force on Sunday morning issued wanted bulletins for two men in connection with the gunning down murder of gold miner, Deon Stull. Investigators want to know the whereabouts of 33-year-old Delon “Demon” Morgan and 23-year-old Lennox Estwick. Estwick’s last known address has been given as South Amelia’s Ward, Linden while the last […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority, together with international assistance, intends to establish a mechanism to monitor broadcasters when the elections season heats up. Regional and General Elections are set for March 2, 2020. The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has indicated that it will be engaging foreign help, to increase the Authority’s monitoring capabilities, in […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2019
Crime, News
Though there has been a recent spike in criminal activity over the past week, the Guyana Police Force is still making inroads in its efforts to arrest the problem. In a statement today, the Guyana Police Force announced that at about 11:30 last night, ranks of a mobile patrol intercepted a motor car on Princes […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2019
News
One day after the opposition People’s Progressive Party confirmed that it has tapped retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Mark Phillips to join its ranks for the next elections, another retired Chief of Staff is seeing a “no contest” match up between a Phillips supported PPP and the incumbent President Brigadier David […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
After months of teases on social media, Guyana’s newest political party, Citizenship Initiative, was launched last evening at the Herdmanston Lodge before a packed room of invitees. The new political party intends to change the way issues related to politics are addressed in Guyana. The founding members of the party include the Government Cultural Advisor […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News
The pilot of a small aircraft that crashed this morning in the interior has survived. He was the only person on board the single-engine plane when it went down moments after take-off from the interior location of Aricheng. A full search and rescue operation was mounted by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority moments after the crash […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News, Politics
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority has rubbished recent statements by the Opposition Leader that the sanctions against the PPP affiliated Freedom radio station and MTV Channel 65 were as a result of the President being described as a “charlatan”. At a press conference today, Chairman of the GNBA, Attorney Leslie Sobers dismissed that claim and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly this afternoon dismissed the fraud charges against six former members of the board of the Guyana Rice Development Board. The Magistrate’s decision came as a result of the absence of the Special Prosecutor for the Special Organised Crime Unit who was overlooking the matter. When a call was made for Special […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
Crime, News
Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence took the witness stand at the Magistrates’ Court this morning in a fraud case against a man who allegedly impersonated her and defrauded persons of millions of dollars. The man, Mohammed Ali, is accused of calling a business owner while impersonating the Public Health Minister and getting the person […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
Crime, News
A 21-year-old man from Silver Hill on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway was further remanded to jail over the murder of a 4-year-old boy. The accused, Joseph James, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. The Prosecution’s case is that on the day in question, the child was left in the care […]