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New measures to ensure repayment of student loans at the University of Guyana were announced on Friday as the Government Student Loan Agency and the Ministry of Finance seek out ways to recover outstanding monies loaned to students. Finance Minister Winston Jordan hinted at the possibility of barring persons with outstanding debts from leaving the […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is investigating several staff members in the Upper Corentyne area following a slew of allegations that have been made by members of the business community there. On Friday, the revenue collection agency said it has noted with concern a number of allegations and issues against officers of the agency which […]
In the first six months of 2016, Gold declarations have jumped to 327,000 ounces taking the estimated declarations for 2016 to 600,000, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has said. In May of this year, 243,000 ounces of gold were declared. This represented an increase of over 92,000 ounces compared to the same period last […]
A 17-year-old male is among four persons who have confessed to last week’s triple murder in the Black Bush Polder, Berbice Back-lands, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed. The Crime Chief told News Source on Thursday that the police has four persons in custody, including a farmer, his wife and his 17-year-old son. The fourth person […]
The East Bank Essequibo woman, Bibi Safoora Salim, who used her Facebook page to issue a death threat against the President had her case dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan dismissed the case, saying she was not convinced that the woman could be charged under the Racial Hostility […]
President David Granger on Thursday cast aside criticisms surrounding the appointment of several former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers within his government and on special commissions and said that those appointments were based entirely on experience and competence. “No body criticized PPP, why criticize me?” the President asked as he dismissed the claims that preference […]
A Gafoor’s employee was on Thursday charged with murdering his manager at his Lot 39 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home on Thursday last. Twenty four-year-old David Outar appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’s Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where he was charged and remanded. The accused who resides at Foulis, East Coast Demerara was not […]
The coalition government announced on Wednesday that it was looking at ways to ensure that more small contractors and companies are incorporated into the public procurement process. In fact, the government wants to enforce the law that allows for small contractors to secure 20 percent of government work. With billions of dollars granted each year […]
Trinidad and Tobago led the way in 2015 with deporting the highest number of Guyana nationals from its shores. According to documents presented to the Guyana Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, between January 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, 157 Guyanese nationals were deported from the twin-island Republic. 119 of them were deported for overstaying […]
The Cabinet recently gave its no objection to contracts totaling well over $265 million for the supply of dietary items to prisons across the country. The money is expected to supply the four main prisons with food for the next year. The Camp Street Prison in Georgetown, which houses the largest population of prisoners, will […]
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