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Having failed to get the Opposition parties to engage him in dialogue during the prorogation of parliament, President Donald Ramotar on Saturday morning announced that it is time for Guyanese to head back to the polls. However, no date has been announced. At a press conference from the Dining Room of State House, Mr. Ramotar […]
An Al Qaeda terrorist whose father was Guyanese and who carried a Guyana passport has been killed. Pakistan’s military has announced it has killed leading Al Qaeda militant Adnan Shukrijumah, who was wanted by the United States over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system. Shukrijumah died in a raid in the […]
An American citizen who was about to board a flight to New York was busted on Friday afternoon at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with 40 pounds of cocaine stashed among baking powder and custard powder in his suitcase. The bust was made by the Narcotics Branch of the Guyana Police Force which is based […]
Opposition and APNU Leader, David Granger on Friday issued a stern warning to the People’s Progressive Party about what he considers “race baiting” by the party and its members. At his weekly press briefing, Mr. Granger said as the PPP moves into full election campaigning mood, there is increased “fear-mongering” and efforts to fan racial […]
The Private Sector Commission has come up with what it hopes is an Agreement that will bring an end to the current political impasse in the country. News Source has obtained a draft of the Agreement that is expected to be sent to the President, Opposition Leader and APNU Leader David Granger and AFC Leader […]
A 27-year-old Mathematics teacher in the Region 9 village of Aishalton intends to file an official police complaint against one of President Ramotar’s bodyguards after he was reportedly slapped by the man for openly criticising the President and his government at a PPP meeting in the hinterland community. The teacher, John Adams spoke to News […]
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miner’s Association (GGDMA) is convinced that gold production targets for 2014 will not be met and the Association is calling on the government to put systems in place to further assist the sector. The gold mining sector has been performing well over the past few years. Gold declarations however, have […]
A man who was born in Guyana and who killed his mother with a samurai sword and a knife has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murder. A Supreme Court jury took just over six hours to find 21-year-old Queensland man Horace Loranzo Jones guilty of the murder of Roxanne Gilbert […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party has backtracked on a statement it issued last week labelling murdered Agricola youth Shaquille Grant as a criminal. In a Wednesday evening statement, the party offered “an unequivocal apology to the mother of Shaquille Grant for this unfounded assertion and for any hurt and harm caused.” The statement from the […]
Out of 175 countries, Guyana has found itself ranked at 124 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. That ranking has landed Guyana at the bottom of the English Speaking Caribbean and as a country where corruption remains a big problem. The report on corruption was compiled and released by Transparency International. It is the 20th annual […]
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