By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2017
Crime, News
With a suitcase in her right hand and a bottle of juice in the left, a North West District woman was remanded to prison today, after being charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend. Thirty five year-old, Cynthia McIntyre was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge when she appeared at […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2017
Crime, News, Politics
There is an ongoing police investigation into a possible assassination plot that may have targeted President David Granger. State Minister, Joseph Harmon, confirmed today that an investigation has been launched. He made the disclosure while responding to questions at the post-cabinet briefing. Mr. Harmon said the Administration was provided with information by the Police, that […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2017
News
As some members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) push ahead with plans to unseat incumbent Union President, Patrick Yarde, they are concerned that Mr. Yarde and his supporters may be doing any and everything possible to hold on to power. Now the Court has stepped in and put a hold on the elections […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
Crime
26-year old Colwyn Harding of West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme was today placed on $50,000 bail by Magistrate Fabayo Azore after he pleaded not guilty to theft. Particulars of the case alleged that on April 15, at Lime Street, Georgetown, Harding robbed Margaret Baird of three cell phones valuing $160,000, and a pair of spectacles and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
News, Politics
The absence of two of the major logging companies in Guyana has resulted in decline of logging exports, the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resource heard on Wednesday. The revelation was made during a presentation by Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman. The Minister said there has been a 15% decline in export of logs and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
News
Two men died less than an hour a part in two different parts of the country in similar road accidents. Police on the East Bank of Demerara are probing an early morning accident that left 40-year-old, Troy Cordwell of Durban Street dead. The accident occurred on the McDoom Public Road around 1 o’ clock this […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
Crime
A Dominican Republic national,who is said to be three Months pregnant for a Guyanese man,was today fined $200,000 after she pleaded guilty to forging a Guyana immigration stamp. The court heard today that 37 -year-0ld, Ysabel Cuzma Benitez, between May 13, 2016 and December 20, 2016, with intent to defraud, presented an immigration stamp in […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
News, Politics
Local telecommunications company, GTT has responded to Government’s request for it to show that it has the capacity to deal with the volume of data and international voice services being demanded by Guyanese. In a statement, the company said it “operates a reliable international service that contributes to the economy, employs over 600 Guyana workers […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
Crime, News
A 51-year-old Lodge, Georgetown woman, will be spending the next three years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. The woman, Bernadette Warren, was busted on Sunday at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with over 3 pounds of cocaine in her suitcases. She was recently granted a U.S visa and was about to board a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2017
News, Politics
Laws which criminalize homosexuality could soon be struck down, if Guyanese decide to vote against them through a referendum which the Government intends to hold in the future. The Government articulated its position in a letter to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), following the 161st Ordinary Period of Sessions, which addressed issues of […]