By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2018
Crime, News
Police in the Corentyne region are probing yet another murder-suicide case. Twenty nine year old, Subrina Lakhan was slashed to death by her husband yesterday at her Corentyne home and the man then turned on himself and took his own life. The dead man has been identified as 42-year-old labourer, Ramesh Ramdeen. According to investigators, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2018
News, Politics
Months after the Guyana Teachers Union offered its support for the recommendations contained in the final report of the high-level task force, the Government on Monday said it was looking to re-engage the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on matters of salary increases. GTU has stated repeatedly that it was waiting on the Government to announce the way […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2018
Crime, News
After being slapped with six fraud charges just a few weeks ago, Former Guyana Gold Board Accountant, Rosanna Ramnarine along with her former colleague, Debra Forbes found themselves before the Court facing three new fraud charges. The two women were granted bail in the sum of $450,000 each. They appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2018
News, Politics
One day after the Alliance For Change announced that it will be breaking away from its coalition partner, the APNU, to contest the upcoming Local Government Elections, the Chairman of the APNU and PNC Leader, President David Granger does not appear too worried about the move. Speaking to reporters early this morning at a commemoration […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2018
News
Although Sunday night’s small blaze at the Pegasus Hotel was restricted to one of the hotel’s kitchen, the incident has raised serious questions about fire safety at the posh Georgetown Hotel. era Several guests said the hotel does not appear to have a working fire alarm system since even as the lobby and some floors […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2018
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change on Sunday announced that it will contest the upcoming Local Government Elections on November 12 on its own and not as part of the APNU+AFC Coalition. The party is blaming “inconclusive negotiations” with APNU and the reason for its decision. However, the party was quick to point out that the go […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2018
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyanese Manufacturers are being encouraged to seek remedies within the Courts for any prejudice they experience under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas when seeking to access regional markets. The advice came from the recently installed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders and it came minutes after President of the Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on August 5, 2018
News, Politics
In a show of unity, close to 100 Christian Leaders in Guyana added their names to a call on the Government to keep laws that criminalise buggery in place. The group of church leaders took out a full page advertisement in the Sunday’s newspapers with their names and churches attached and made known their objection […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
The owner of the Tourist Villa hotel in Fifth Street, Subryanville is in Police custody after he shot his neighbour, 30-year-old, Jason De Florimonte (in photo above) dead this morning. The dead man was shot four times to the body. According to a Police statement, at around 1:45 this morning, the now deceased man and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the lower Pomeroon area are probing the murder of a 73-year-old man in his own home. The dead man has only been identified as Deonarine, who is known to villagers as “Russian”. According to a Police statement, the Friday night killing took place just after the elderly man and his 46-year-old girlfriend […]