 |   |  |  |
The Ministry of the Presidency this morning announced that President David Granger has accepted the resignation of Government Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. The four who have resigned are Minister of State Joe Harmon, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Minister of Public Service Dr. […]
Two young Lindeners, who got engaged last year, became the country’s latest road accident victims this evening when they were hit down and run over by a speeding 4×4 pick-up on the Amelia’s Ward hill in Linden. Dead are 23-year-old Oneil DeYounge and 20-year-old Sheshyka Etienne. Reports out of the mining town of Linden state […]
Six more workers, who fell ill at the Bosai manganese mining site in the Matthew’s Ridge area in Region One, were flown to the City this afternoon. The six are exhibiting symptoms similar to the 7 other workers who were air dashed from the mining site over the weekend. The ones who were flown out […]
Five persons have been taken into custody as Police investigators continue their probe into the gunning down of Albouystown youth, Christopher Mansfield. A sixth suspect is being sought. The 18-year-old was shot dead early Sunday morning in Albouystown, while he was on his way to a street football match. His mother said it was just […]
While declaring that the Government of Guyana is being “duplicitous”, by not removing its Members of Parliament who are dual citizens from the National Assembly, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said the MPs on his side that are dual citizens will be staying away from sittings, but not resigning. Jagdeo appeared on the Jumpstart Morning […]
An 18-year-old youth of Albouystown was gunned down this morning at a street football game in the community. Details of the shooting incident are unclear. The dead young man has been identified as Christopher Mansfield aka “Gully Bop”. His mother broke down in tears at the Georgetown Hospital as doctors announced the man’s death to […]
One of the crew members for the cruise ship currently docked in Georgetown was robbed late last evening after he ventured out on his own for a nightlife experience. According to a statement from the tour company, the Police worked along with the company to facilitate an evening tour of Guyana nightlife for the visiting […]
A Chinese national who fell at a Manganese mining operation in Matthew’s Ridge has died. Seven of his co-workers have been rushed out of the area and have been isolated for treatment at the Georgetown Hospital as doctors conduct multiple tests. News Source understands that the men fell ill earlier this week, but efforts were […]
It is not the departure that they might have been preparing for, but on the same day that the Fly Jamaica Chief Executive Officer issued a press statement, announcing that the airline hopes “to restart flight operations in a couple of months”, redundancy letters were issued to all of the airline’s staff members. The letters […]
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has announced that Guyana’s economy grew by 4.1 percent for 2018, which is higher than the 3.4% that was projected. Jordan told the Department of Information that the nation’s economic performance was “solid” and better than expected. The Finance Minister said, “it is the first time under this government that […]
 |
