By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2017
News
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Bishop Juan Edghill on Wednesday complained that a meeting last weekend with two Ministers of Government on the recent Georgetown Prison fire was “an exercise in futility”. Government announced earlier this week that it extended an invitation to the political opposition to meet and discuss the July 9, Georgetown Prison […]
By News Source Guyana on July 20, 2017
News
US based air carrier, Dynamic International Airways announced on Wednesday night that it has filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition with the United States Bankruptcy Court. The airline which has five weekly flights to Guyana intends to continue its “normal operations”, while it works out a restructuring plan. According to a statement from the airline, its […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
Crime, News
18-Year-Old, Mowally Clark, will spend the next couple of weeks,contemplating how much time he will be spending in Prison after pleading guilty to two armed robbery charges. The Court is awaiting a probation report before handing down a sentence. The Teen made his first appearance before Magistrate Fabayo Azore today to answer to the robbery […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
With a pledge to ensure that the Judiciary remains independent and impartial, President David Granger on Wednesday administered the Oath of Office to four new High Court Judges and elevated a sitting High Court Judge to the Court of Appeal. Family members and senior members of the judiciary gathered at State House to witness the swearing in […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
Minister of Public Service in the Ministry of the Presidency, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine, has offered his resignation from the post to President David Granger. The resignation comes just one month after the President moved Roopnarine from his post as Minister of Education to the newly created Ministerial position. This morning, President David Granger, confirmed receiving […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger is maintaining that he intends to appoint a person he deems “fit and proper” to the top Guyana Elections Commission post, despite an interpretation of the Constitution by the Chief Justice earlier this week. On the sidelines of the swearing in of new Judges at State House on Wednesday, Mr. Granger told the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
Two persons who were on board a cocaine carrying vessel are in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after 209 pounds of the illegal substance was found aboard the vessel. The bust was made on Monday by the Coast Guard of the Guyana Defence Force during a patrol of the Pomeroon river. Charges […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
Four new Judges will take their oath of office this morning, while a fifth Judge will be elevated to the Court of Appeal. Attorneys, Simone Morris-Ramlall, Damone Younge, Sandil Kissoon and Gino Persaud will all be sworn in to office this morning before President David Granger as new High Court Judges. Justice Rishi Persaud will be […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2017
News, Politics
A total of 16 communities across Guyana will receive electricity for the time before the end of this year. That announcement was made today by Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Lelon Saul. Mr. Saul told a media conference this morning that the infrastructural upgrade that the communities have been waiting on […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2017
Crime, News
A former Linden postman cried uncontrollably in Court today as a Judge handed him a life in prison sentence for stabbing death of his 4-year-old stepson. Justice Nareshwar Harnanan handed down the life sentence to 29-year-old Rawle Samuels, despite his plea for mercy, having pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The Judge told the […]