By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
Exactly one year after he was found guilty on two fraud charges and ordered deported from Guyana, a Trinidadian man has made his way back into Guyana and has now opened an etiquette school. The man, Miguel Nestor, has been fingered in several other fraud cases locally and in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — According to police, one traveler to New York carried a little secret cargo under his wing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport made an unusual discovery on March 3 after inspecting the luggage of a Guyanese national who had just arrived on a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
News, Politics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Guyana later this year. That announcement came last evening from the Ministry of the Presidency. President David Granger met with the Indian Prime Minister over the weekend in New Delhi and the two had extensive discussions on cooperation and improving bilateral relations. During the meeting, the two […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the mining town of Linden are probing the shooting death of businessman, Romel Gomes. He was attacked and shot dead at his home in Wismar Housing Scheme. He operated a grocery shop at the same premises. The man was found with his hands tied up. There are reports that a woman contacted […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News
Without a debate on the No-Confidence Motion against him, Town Clerk Royston King triumphed at this afternoon’s Statutory Meeting of the City Council when based on a legal advice he secured, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green ruled that the no confidence motion in its current form is disallowed. The ruling led to an immediate walk out by […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News
Two days after the Private Sector Commission objected to the appointment of businesswoman, Allison Butters-Grant’s appointment to the University of Guyana Council, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has come out in full support of the businesswoman and longstanding member of the GCCI. In a statement on Friday, the PSC said it is “extremely […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News, Politics
The Caribbean Court of Justice started to hear the Guyana Presidential Term Limit’s case this morning and the state’s appeal of the ruling in the matter. Former Guyana Chief Justice Ian Chang had ruled that the Presidential term limit was unconstitutional, although it was passed and put into law by the full National Assembly. The […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News, Politics
As the Georgetown Mayor and City Council moves to address claims that it misappropriated millions of dollars, several vouchers which could not have been located and submitted to the Auditor General, have now surfaced and have been handed over. The vouchers were submitted last week following an appearance before the Public Accounts Committee, where the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2018
News
The road fatality figure for the year climbed by two on Saturday night, when a young CBR motorcyclist and his pillion rider both died after slamming into the median along the East Bank Four-Lane road at Houston. The two dead persons have been identified as motorcyclist, Berket King and immigration officer, Mirwava Chase. The incident […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2018
News, Politics
Legal Practitioners and other staff members attached to the Attorney General Chambers and the Ministry of Legal Affairs have been barred from attending a major oil and gas law – training and development conference, unless they have the permission of the Attorney General. The Attorney General is currently out of the country on official duties. […]