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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has tabled a number of Motions, Bills and Questions to the National Assembly, including amendments to the Representation of the People Act and the Natural Resource Fund Act. The APNU wants Section 69 of the Representation of the People Act to be amended to strengthen the country’s electoral process. […]
The Guyana Government has launched the Public Service Up-skill Platform with Coursera, which will provide continuous, and self-paced online learning to public servants across Guyana to modernize the public sector and enhance job performance. Speaking at the launch this morning, President Irfaan Ali said it represents an important step in the Government’s push to modernize […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has issued wanted bulletins for two Venezuelan nationals and one Colombian in connection with the investigations into the 52-pound cocaine bust last Friday in Parika, East Bank Essequibo. The three wanted men have been listed as Venezuelan nationals, Herman Dario Martinez Canon and Richard Daniel Rodriguez Criollo, while the Colombian […]
Attorneys representing the United States Government in the extradition proceedings against Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed, handed over key documents to the Court this morning as the hearing continued. Those documents included a diplomatic note and warrants from US authorities. In late October, the US Government formally requested the extradition of the father and son […]
Two weeks after the deadly Mobil Gas Station bombing on Regent Street in Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force and the Government have remained relatively silent on key issues surrounding the attack including the motive. Appearing on this week’s edition of SOURCES, former Guyana Defence Force Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Dr Gary Best said […]
A pilot working with Air Services Limited, who mistakenly landed a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan Aircraft at a school construction site in Lumidpau, Region 9 and took off from the location nearly hitting a fence, has been suspended by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority pending a full investigation. The pilot’s name has not been revealed. […]
Acting on information received, agents from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit swooped down on a home in Hydronie, Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo on Friday and discovered just over 52 pounds of cocaine. In a statement, CANU said the large amount of cocaine was discovered in the home in several parcels during its […]
The Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) has reported that while 82.9% of the polling stations used in the September 1 General and Regional Elections were located on the ground floor of buildings, the majority of available ramps were poorly designed and unsafe for use. The organisation launched its Elections Accessibility Audit […]
By Svetlana Marshall Former Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton said the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson had engaged him on the appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice; however, he was forced to discontinue the engagement on realizing it was not in the interest of Guyana. The […]
Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Rear Admiral (Ret’d), Dr Gary Best, believes urgent Constitutional changes are needed to safeguard the rights of Guyanese, and simultaneously curtail the rights of migrants, amid the growing threats from neighboring Venezuela and the increasing migrant population. In an interview on the “SOURCES” programme, which […]
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