By News Source Guyana on June 2, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has started to finalize its list of Parliamentarians to occupy the 32 seats it won at the May 11 elections. But PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee said he could not confirm if some of the leading members, including former Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar will make the final list. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on June 2, 2015
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The David Granger administration has decided to end the services of at least 20 persons who were employed by the former PPP Civic administration to respond to social media criticism of the government. The persons were told that their services were no longer needed at the end of May. The members of the unit, which […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
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A 42-year-old man who has been identified Hardat Kissoon was shot dead in a Route 44 mini-bus by a fellow passenger during an apparent robbery this afternoon. News Source understands that the man boarded the bus at the Route 44 park in Georgetown and was heading to the East Coast of Demerara when a passenger […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
It took just one man to initiate rage among dozens of supporters of the People’s Progressive Party who were protesting outside the Guyana Elections Commission on Monday morning, as he launched a counter protest against the PPP and its claims of electoral fraud in the just concluded elections. This is the second week that the PPP […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
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Police in the mining town of Linden are investigating the death of 36-year-old Nigel Millington whose partly decomposed body was found on Monday morning in his Amelia’s Ward home. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide but investigators are not ruling out anything else. He was reportedly found with a sheet wrapped around […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee has dismissed the concerns of former party candidate and businessman Clinton Urling about the current situation in the party and former President Jagdeo’s hold on power in the party. At a Monday morning press conference, Rohee said Urling was just a candidate for the PPP […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
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The Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency, Ann Greene has broken her silence about the alleged verbal confrontation she had with the Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes. The confrontation which took place in Greene’s office in front of the Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence resulted in Greene being […]
By News Source Guyana on June 1, 2015
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The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has ordered that major excavation works be carried out on a number of canals and trenches across the city as an immediate response to the flooding situation. Most of Georgetown found itself under flood waters on Sunday morning following a night of heavy downpours. Initial investigations revealed that the drainage […]
By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2015
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Police on the West Bank of Demerara are investigating the murder of a taxi driver who was gunned down in his home. A report from the police state that just around 12:30 on Sunday morning, the 26-year-old taxi driver was at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara home when he heard a noise coming from one of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 31, 2015
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A 23-year-old man from Kaneville on the East Bank of Demerara was stabbed to death early Sunday morning while he attempted to break into a house along with a group of accomplices just after 3 o’ clock. The dead man has been identified as Darson Ramatar. According to reports, it was just after 3 o’ […]