By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News
A Linden man, who has been identified as 18-year-old Reagan Richards, was shot dead on Sunday night after he overpowered a policeman and shot the policeman to the head in the Wisroc Police Outpost. Reports out of Linden suggest that the policeman was about to place Richards in the lockups when he was suddenly attacked […]
By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News, Politics
Over 40 Venezuelan passengers have been left stranded in Guyana following a decision by the Guyana government not to allow Venezuelan state-owned airline, Conviasa Airlines to land in the country over the non-payment of its bond. But the decision of the Guyana government may also be linked to the recent decree issued by the Venezuelan President, claiming […]
By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News, Politics
Rising political star and APNU Member Sharma Solomon is likely to be replaced as the Regional Chairman for Region #10. News Source understands that former Member of Parliament for the APNU, Renis Morian who served in the 10th Parliament, has been earmarked as the new Chairman for the bauxite rich region. Solomon served as the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2015
News
A bandit was shot dead on Saturday and one of his accomplices badly injured after they robbed a businessman of his jewellery. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon outside a snackette at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. According to a police report, the businessman who is the holder of a licensed firearm, […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2015
News, Politics
Venezuela is making new claims to this Guyana’s territorial waters which include the Stabroek Block where US oil company, ExxonMobil recently announced it had found significant deposits of oil and is pushing ahead with its exploration activity. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on May 27, 2015 issued a decree, extending Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s territorial waters. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2015
News
The poor conditions under which workers were forced to toil were exposed when Junior Minister of Social Protection Simona Broomes, on Thursday conducted an onsite visit of the Bosai bauxite mining operations in Linden, Region Ten. Accompanied by a team of Labour Occupational Health and Safety Officials, the Minister was appalled at the conditions under […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2015
News
The government has approved monies intended to “bail out” the cash strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation and it has assured that it is working assiduously to ensure the operations of the company return to normalcy . While the administration has not disclosed the sum of the monies released to GuySuCo it had that the Guysuco had requested a […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2015
News
Guyana’s first family Court is set to open within the next month, Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh told the media on Friday. Justice Singh in an invited comment explained that there were changes to the rules which will govern the new Court. He said these are expected to be laid in the National Assembly […]
By News Source Guyana on June 4, 2015
News, Politics
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who holds responsibility for the Information portfolio, has denied reports that the government has asked the heads of various state media houses to tender their resignations. In a telephone interview with News Source, the Prime Minister said the state media managers are all contracted employees and he will allow them to […]
By News Source Guyana on June 4, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Almost one month after Guyanese voted in closely elections which resulted in a change of government, the outgoing Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Albert Ramdin is calling on political parties to come together in order to advance the country’s development. On his last official visit to Guyana before he leaves office on […]