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by Kurt Campbell President David Granger delivered yet another address to the Parliament on Thursday in which he called on Parliamentarians, both on the Government and Opposition side, to do what must be done to rid Guyana of the disunity and racial rivalry that still plagues the land. The President said he believed that as […]
An accident may have been the cause of the Monday afternoon fire that destroyed the Gafoors Houston Complex and its storage bonds. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle spoke to News Source on Thursday and indicated that while the Fire Service’s investigation is still ongoing, preliminary inspection has pointed investigators in the direction that the fire may […]
(BBC) Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is to face trial after the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her. Ms Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies. Senators voted to suspend her by 55 votes to 22 after an all-night […]
Professor Eon Nigel Harris, a Guyanese who recently retired as the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, has accepted the offer to head the University of Guyana and was installed as the 9th Chancellor of the institution on Wednesday. Professor Harris received glowing tributes at his installation ceremony, where he was regarded […]
by Kurt Campbell President David Granger has expressed satisfaction with the performance of his coalition government as it observes its first year in office. Today, May 11, 2016, marked exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the 22 year rule of the People’s Progressive Party and resulted in the election of the […]
by Kurt Campbell Scores of street vendors remain displaced almost two weeks after they were removed from locations they once occupied around the city. On Wednesday, those displaced vendors turned up at City Hall to protest the delay in an allocation of new vending spaces and seek an early resolution. The vendors were successful in […]
Three months after the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report was received by the government, it has finally been handed over to House Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland to be properly laid in the National Assembly. The Report was presented even as the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was preparing to bring a Motion before the […]
(BBC) Legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75. A familiar and respected voice around the world, the Barbadian will be remembered for a career in TV, radio and journalism spanning 58 years. Born in Bridgetown in 1940, he made his BBC Test Match Special debut in 1966 and also […]
Despite some early morning showers, Guyana marked its inaugural Social Cohesion Day with a national prayer ceremony at the Durban Park. The day is being observed exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the PPP’s 22 year rule and resulted in the election of the six party APNU+AFC government. President David […]
(NY Daily News) Holy mackerel! The feds busted two alleged drug smugglers in Brooklyn after hooking some fish stuffed with cocaine. Triston Daniels and Troy Gonsalves were reeled in after 20 kilos of cocaine were discovered stashed inside a shipment of frozen fish. They were arraigned Saturday in Brooklyn Federal Court and released on $150,000 […]
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