By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2018
News, Politics
With well over 60 cases in hand, the State Assets Recovery Agency intends to commence civil proceedings in the Court by the third quarter of this year. The announcement came as SARA kick-started its campaign against corruption titled “Corruption is everybody’s business” with a March through the streets of Georgetown Friday Afternoon. SARA’s Head, Dr. Clive Thomas […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2018
News, Politics
Although they have been getting assurances from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Commission itself, workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission downed tools and walked off the job today over the high levels of mercury in their compound. The GGMC is housed in the same compound with the Guyana Gold Board and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2018
Crime, News
The investigative skills of just over 25 local law enforcement agents have been improved following a two-week training programme on investigating fraud, bribery, and corruption. At the culmination of the training on Friday, Crime Chief Paul Williams encouraged the 26 participants to challenge their superiors who may be bent on doing investigative work the conventional way. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
News, Politics
Police outnumbered protesters who braved the midday sun today to picket outside City Hall in a bid to block the return of paid parking in the city under a renegotiated contract with Smart City Solutions. A handful of protesters from the Movement Against Parking Meters, numbering no more than ten, held placards and demanded that […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
News, Politics
Hours after the PPP through two of its Members of Parliament filed charges against two government minister for alleged misconduct in office, the Minister of State has fired back at the PPP and says the move is not more than an attempt by the PPP to draw attention away from the malfeasance charges that have […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
Crime, News
The calm of Thursday morning was shattered in the East Coast community of Mahaica this morning when a twenty-three year old woman was stabbed to death by her husband. The man reportedly ingested a poisonous substance just after the murder. He was taken to a hospital in the area and is in a critical condition. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
News
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that it will commence the process of refunds for tickets issued by Dynamic International Airways from Wednesday May 2, 2018. The Refunds will be issued Mondays to Thursdays from 09:00hrs to 15:00hrs and Fridays from 09:00hrs to 14:00hrs at the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Accounts Department, Fort Street, Kingston. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
News, Politics
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, PPP Member of Parliament and former Attorney General Anil Nandlall filed charges of misconduct in public office against Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence and Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, who is also the former Minister of Public Health. The private charges are related to the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2018
Crime, News
Scores of persons who wrote the learner driver’s examination on April 12 at the Felix Austin Police College will have to face the examination again following the discovery of “massive irregularities”. The invigilators received more answer sheets than the number of persons who sat the exam on that particular day. The examination is conducted by […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2018
Crime, News
Two years after he was shot in Guyana during a visit, a US based Guyanese man was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn apartment. The man, Otis James, was left confined to a wheelchair after he was shot in Guyana just after arriving here in 2016 on vacation. On Tuesday afternoon, his wife and […]