By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2015
News, Politics
The Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital after being rushed there on Sunday with complaints of pains to his chest and stomach areas. News Source understands that the Minister has been declared to be in a stable condition but doctors have decided to […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
When the People’s Progressive Party decides to take up its seats in the National Assembly, former President Bharrat Jagdeo will take up the position of Leader of the Opposition. Mr. Jagdeo who stayed out of public political life after he left office in 2011, has been meeting with party officials about the role he expects […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The People’s Progressive Party has denied reports that former Minister of Public Service, Jennifer Westford will no longer be a Member of Parliament for the party. Westford is currently before the courts facing attempted larceny charges in connection with the Public Service vehicle transfer scam. She is also being investigated as part of another probe […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2015
News
President David Granger on Sunday attended a ceremony organised by the Cuffy 250 Committee in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Berbice Slave Rebellion. The event was held at the Critchlow Labour College. The President in his remarks spoke at length of the need for an economic change and the rebirth of village economies […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2015
News, Politics
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Operations at the Guyana Power and Light Company, Aerswar Deonarine, has asked the Government of Guyana to give him additional time to return $27 Million to the GPL account. Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson on Saturday said “I am aware that a letter was sent in by the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2015
News
A 90-year-old woman died on Saturday when a mid afternoon fire at Bella Dam, Pouderoyen, engulfed her entire house and she was unable to make it out. The woman’s 76-year-old daughter suffered several burns about the body and has been hospitalized. A number of other relatives have been left homeless. The elderly woman who died, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2015
News
Thirty-seven year old Reagan Rodrigues aka “Grey Boy” was this afternoon (August 7, 2015) charged for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing. He appeared in court and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. Dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, the man stood emotionless as the charge was read to […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2015
News
Police investigators are probing the gruesome murder of the owner of the Jade Stone “Black Chiney” Chinese restaurant which is located on Mandela Avenue. The man was beaten and chopped to death just after 12:30 this morning. The dead man has been identified as 35-year-old, Zhenjz Su. His bloodied body was discovered in the kitchen […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2015
News
The eight Indian nationals who found themselves at the centre of a standoff between Insel Air and Immigration at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, were refused entry into Guyana since the 19th July, 2015, according to the Cheddi Jagan Airport. In a statement on Thursday evening, Airport management explained that the Insel Air flight to Aruba […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2015
News, Politics
The Bosai Bauxite company of Linden agreed this afternoon to put a hold on the retrenchment of 47 workers who would have been sent home on Friday August 7, 2015. Company officials met today with union officials from the National Association of Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees. The meeting was called under the Chairmanship of […]