By News Source Guyana on December 26, 2014
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The Guyana Police Force on Friday announced the arrest of the suspect in the murder of three people at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo. According to a police release, the canecutter who has been identified as Joshua Franklin was arrested by police on Friday morning in the Tuschen backdam. Cops believe he was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2014
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An apprentice attached to the Bosai Bauxite company in Linden was killed on Wednesday morning at the mining site when he was hit down and crushed by a heavy-duty truck. The dead worker has been identified as Bertram Pollard of Wismar. Details of the incident are sketchy. Just three weeks back a Bosai worker was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2014
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Traffic was brought to a halt on the Demerara Harbour Bridge just after 12noon on Christmas eve after a driver reported seeing a woman climb to the top of the rails of the bridge and jump off into the deep waters of the Demerara river. Rescue teams rushed to the area but were unsuccessful in […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2014
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Two persons were killed instantly when the car they were travelling in slammed into a power pole at #6 Village West Coast Berbice late on Tuesday night. A third person was killed when he attempted to offer assistance to the two in the vehicle and he came into contact with a live electrical wire. Dead are […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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Three persons including the driver of a Toyota motor car are nursing broken limbs and other serious injuries after the driver lost control of the speeding car and slammed into a tree. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon on the West Coast of Berbice. The names of the injured persons have not been released […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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Caribbean Airlines has informed travel agents in Guyana and Canada that the airline will discontinue its non-stop service between Georgetown and Toronto with effect from January 15, 2015. All of the airline’s flights between Georgetown and Toronto will now stop in Trinidad and Tobago. The decision comes exactly two years after the airline launched the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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A Belizian soldier who has been working in Guyana as an Orthopedic technician was shot multiple times to his body on Monday night during a robbery as he was walking back to Guyana Defence Force headquarters. Crime Chief Leslie James told News Source that an investigation is underway into the matter. He said the soldier’s […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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A transgender sex worker was brutally attacked and stabbed to the neck early Tuesday in the Croal Street, Georgetown area while she carried out her trade. The sex worker has been identified as 28-year-old Kevin Carr of Agricola, East Bank Demerara. She is also known as “Teacher girl”. According to reports, it was just before […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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(GINA) The island communities of Leguan and Wakenaam, in the Essequibo River are now experiencing a 24- hour power supply thanks to the upgrades done by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company. The historic transition was formally acknowledged today, when President Donald Ramotar declared operational, the rehabilitated power station serving the island. In his […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2014
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Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has expressed the government’s concern to the government of Trinidad and Tobago over the high number of Guyanese nationals who have been refused entry into the island over the past 4 years and the Guyana Ministry of Foreign Affairs is even more concerned that the persons are being listed as […]