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President blasts local banking sector for not being “proactive” in their support of the private sector

President Irfaan Ali today blasted the local Banking Sector for them not being “proactive” in the evolution of the country’s business sector. In his address at the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC’s) 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, the President said while the Private Sector has jumped at existing opportunities both in […]

GNBS seizes 160 unapproved measuring instruments from market places

Inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Legal Metrology Department are currently conducting surveillance exercises at shops and markets countrywide to ensure that measuring instruments used in retail trade were verified. In a release today, the GNBS said that more 160 unapproved and unverified instruments have so far been seized and removed, with […]

Striking teachers not happy with Government’s continued position on wages negotiation

Pockets of teachers returned to the streets today in Georgetown, expressing anger over the Government’s “failure” to compromise on a wage package for them, which was submitted four years ago. Outside of the Ministry of Education’s Brickdam Office, First Vice President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mariska Williams told News Source that teachers are […]

Venezuelan held in Pomeroon with more than 10lbs cocaine

After arresting a Guyanese man in the Cummings Lodge area with a quantity of cocaine, CANU investigators traveled to the man’s home in the Lower Pomeroon river area, where a Venezuelan national was found in the house with just over 10 pounds of cocaine. During the Monday operation, the police arrested 35-year-old Venezuelan national, Oritz […]

Venezuelans among three held with cocaine in Cummings Lodge

Three persons, including two Venezuelan nationals, are facing drug trafficking charges after they were nabbed on Sunday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit with just over seven pounds of cocaine in their possession. A statement from CANU indicated that its ranks were conducting an operation in the Cummings Lodge area on the East Coast of Demerara […]

President unveils plans to aid Bonasika in development of its Agriculture sector

President Irfaan Ali today announced a series of plans to ramp up food production in Bonasika. Those plans include the construction of a processing facility in the farming community located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara District.  In making the announcement during a visit to Bonasika today, the President said while the community is producing approximately […]

Over 9000 new registrants recorded in ongoing continuous registration exercise by GECOM

Over 9,000 new registrants have so far been recorded during the first cycle of continuous registration for 2024, currently being executed by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), according to its Public Relations Officer of the Commission, Yolanda Ward. In an interview with News Source, Ward said of the more than 9,000 new registrants, approximately 6,396 […]