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Several pilots, engineers, Roraima Airways staff and other members of the local aviation community gathered Friday afternoon on the side of the runway at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to receive the body and pay their respect to fallen Guyanese pilot, Captain Alvin Clarke. Captain Clarke passed away last Saturday in Canada as he lost his […]
Baroness Patricia Scotland was unveiled as the Commonwealth Secretary-General Designate this afternoon at the Commonwealth summit in Malta. Baroness Patricia Scotland was born in Dominica in 1955, then moved with her family to Britain. She obtained her LLB in 1976, was called to the Bar in 1977 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1991. She received a […]
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rawle Lucas, has expressed gross dissatisfaction with the state of the building that currently houses the GRA’s headquarters at a rental cost of $60 million annually. Mr. Lucas on Friday said the environment in which employees are currently strained to work in, is […]
Police are on the hunt for the driver of a white Tacoma vehicle who is alleged to have caused the death of a teenager and injuring another during a late night hit and run on Thursday. Seventeen – year – old motorcyclist Travis Bollers was killed and cousin, Quacy McAlman injured along Sheriff Street; adding […]
Political Activist and Leader of The Independent Party, Mark Benschop, believes that now that the Minister of Communities has announced a date for Local Government Elections, he should also dissolve all of the active councils across the country. In a statement, Mr. Benschop said that by dissolving the councils, there will be the elimination of any […]
President David Granger, arrived at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2015) in Malta to further strengthen Guyana’s case in the border spat with Venezuela. The President joined Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge, who participated in the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers Meeting and the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) in the preceding two days of […]
Well known food chain giant, Pizza Hut, is set to open again in Georgetown next week under completely new management and franchise owners. The new owners – The Corum Group – is promising Guyanese a high quality of customer service and an extensive menu of food that is comparable to what is served in other […]
Nightclubs and other places hosting Old Year’s night parties will be allowed to party straight into the New Year and beyond the 2:00am closure time. Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan told News Source today that his Ministry has received enough requests from various promoters, club owners and entertainers, that would allow a relaxing of […]
A St. Lucian man was on Thursday morning sentenced to three years imprisonment in Guyana and fined G$1.2 million after pleading guilty, with explanation, to a trafficking narcotics charge. 26-year-old St. Lucian national, Kendell Joseph, told City Magistrate Fabayo Azore that he was forced by a Guyanese citizen to ingest 45 cocaine pellets. The man’s […]
Two persons were killed in a mid morning accident at Coverden on the East Bank of Demerara when their car collided with a sand truck. The tragedy occurred just after 10:00am. There are reports that the driver of the white Toyota Spacio car may have lost control of the vehicle and ended up in the […]
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