By News Source Guyana on June 24, 2015
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Police investigators are probing the death of a suspected bandit who was shot last evening outside a bar in Middleton Street in Campbellville just as he attempted to rob a patron of the bar. The incident took place just after 11pm and the robbery victim is nursing a gunshot wound to his face. The suspected bandit […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that all of the vehicles belonging to the Ministry of Public Service and which were in the possession of private individuals have been returned as the investigations into the fraud case widens. A senior police official confirmed to News Source that all of the vehicles that are at the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party is expected to file its elections petition in the High Court as early as tomorrow as it moves to demonstrate its seriousness in challenging the results of the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. The PPP on Monday filed an affidavit seeking the Court’s permission to file the petition, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force reported this morning that the body of 19-year-old Ganesh Sookcharan, of Belle West, Canal No. 2 Polder, WBD, was recovered this morning in the vicinity of the koker at Wales, WBD. The young man was one of the persons who had been in the motor car that was found submerged in a […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
A man who has been named in the vehicle transfer scandal, involving former Government Minister Jennifer Westford has come forward to clear his name. The driver, Delroy Lewis made it clear that he has no knowledge about the transactions to fraudulently transfer several government vehicles at the Public Service Minister to himself, Westford or her […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2015
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Faced with a number of recent tragedies in the mining community, President David Granger has ordered a full inquiry into the collapse of mining pits and the safety of many of the gold mining operations in the country. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of the Presidency said that the issue of safety in the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2015
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Two young friends perished in a late night accident on the West Bank of Demerara and a third friend is believed to have also died. The bodies of 20-year-old Premraj Bhola and 19-year-old Alan Solomon of Belle West, Canal #2 Polder, West Bank Demerara were found locked in a submerged car in a Canal #2 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party will sit out of the first sitting of the 11th Parliament which is slated for this Thursday, June 25. The party is still to submit its list of Members of Parliament. But although the party does not intend to be in parliament to debate the President’s speech to the Parliament, it is accusing […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2015
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A Cane Cutter on Sunday night launched a bloody attack on his reputed wife and her relatives before setting the family property on fire and taking his own life. According to police reports, 48-year-old Nandlall Ragnauth, went to the home of his reputed wife’s mother at No. 7 Village, West Coast Berbice, where he broke […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2015
News, Politics
The racial incitement case against former President Bharrat Jagdeo was adjourned this morning after the court was presented with medical records indicating that the President was unwell and was suffering from back pain and other flu like symptoms and therefore could not attend the hearing. The presiding Magistrate accepted the medical records presented to the […]