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Smuggling continues to hurt Guyana’s gold industry with the country losing between 50 to 60 percent of its annual gold production to the illegal trade. Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman made the disclosure today as he hosted a press conference on matters concerning his Ministry. Mr. Trotman said the authorities in Guyana have received […]
Tempers flared on Wednesday morning when just over 40 vendors arrived at the Merriman’s Mall to ply their trade but were prevented from doing so as cleaning and beatification works were being carried out to the area between Cummings and East Streets. The presence of armed City Constabulary and Police Officers did little to calm the angry […]
President David Granger has brushed aside concerns about the role of the Guyana Defence Force in joint operations, stating clearly that joint collaboration between the various security forces is nothing new and is something that has been ongoing for over 60 years. Speaking to members of the media today at the Ministry of the Presidency, […]
Newly sworn in Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Patterson has indicated that as the new Minister responsible for Housing, she intends to shake up the Housing department and make it better prepared to respond to the needs of Guyanese. Ms. Patterson took the oath of office this morning in front of President David […]
Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton has confirmed the death of the male patient who was initially monitored at a local private hospital before he was flown out of Guyana for treatment after testing positive for the swine flu. Dr. Norton told News Source earlier today that he was informed by the Chief Medical Officer […]
Police investigators intend to question the colleagues of a local fisherman who was found dead in the net of a fishing vessel in the Berbice River. The dead fisherman has been identified as 49-year-old Shahabudeen Haniff of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. The man was last seen alive on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 when he left […]
The Guyana Power and Light company has reversed a decision to implement a reconnection fee for errant customers that would have included a six month average bill payment. The company in recent newspapers advertisements, announced that once customers had their electricity supply disconnected for non-payment of their bill, they would have had to pay off […]
The Guyana Police is asking for more persons who may have been defrauded by a city businessman in the hopes of being granted a U.S visa to come forward and provide investigators with details, as they build a case against the man. The businessman, Ganraj Raghubeer who operated a visa and passport application agency under […]
The Guyana Defence Force Headquarters has issued a statement clarifying that the late Sergeant Robert Pyle, a member of the Intelligence Unit of the Guyana Defence Force, was deployed on a legitimate operation in support of the Special Organized Crime Unit, (SOCU) on December 30 when he was killed in a vehicular accident. The statement […]
Fighting back tears, the father of the missing British teenager called a press conference in Georgetown this afternoon, moments before he headed back to London, to make a final plea for information about the whereabouts of his son, Dominic Bernard. The father, Andrew Bernard said his son traveled to Guyana on October 14, 2015 but […]
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