By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2014
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The Guyana Police Force has indicated that it is seeking two persons in connection with the gunning down murder of well-known Guyanese designer Trevor Rose. Deputy Police Commissioner Seelal Persaud has confirmed that two men are being sought for questioning in the case, however, he did not release the names of the two men or […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2014
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Studies have shown that cancer is among the leading causes of death around the world, and will result in approximately 84 million dying of this ailment between 2005 and 2015 if interventions are not put in place to fight this deadly disease. Guyana has joined with the rest of the world to observe World Cancer […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2014
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The People’s Republic of China which already has several large-scale investments in Guyana has agreed to finance the bridging of the Corentyne River between Guyana and Suriname. The decision was announced on Monday by Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. Ever since renewed talks of bridging the Corentyne river began during the Jagdeo Presidency, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 3, 2014
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Police investigators are probing the death of two fishermen whose decomposing bodies were found in a canal at De Kenderen on the West Coast of Demerara. The two men have been identified as 47-year-old Sahadeo Bhagwandat and 46-year-old Ramdeo Sijogie. Both men lived in the Meten-meer-zorg area. Investigators have not ascertained the cause of death […]
By News Source Guyana on February 2, 2014
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Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Executive Member of the APNU and PNC, Attorney-at-Law, Deborah Backer is expected to issue a statement this week indicating that she intends to resign as a Member of Parliament to focus on her health. Multiple Opposition sources have indicated to News Source that she has made the decision […]
By News Source Guyana on February 2, 2014
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An off-duty security officer attached to a private company in Georgetown is nursing a gunshot wound to his shoulder after he was attacked during an early Sunday morning robbery attempt in the La Penitence area. The security officer, Omar Bynoe said he was in the Middle Road, La Penitence area close to 4 o’ clock […]
By News Source Guyana on February 1, 2014
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A female soldier of the Guyana Defence Force has been taken into custody as investigators continue their probe of the murder of Agricola resident Donna Taylor. The woman soldier is believed to be the girlfriend of the dead woman’s son. According to police sources, the female rank of the GDF was arrested on Saturday as […]
By News Source Guyana on February 1, 2014
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The U.S. Embassy, in partnership with the U.S. NGO One World Youth Project (OWYP), the University of Guyana, and educational institutions in the United States and Guyana, is bringing students together in a dynamic cross-cultural exchange. The program, “Virtually There: Expanding Cultural Exchanges Between the United States and Guyana,” is providing an opportunity for eleven […]
By News Source Guyana on February 1, 2014
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Police are investigating the brutal murder of an Agricola woman who was found late on Friday night with her throat slit in her Public Road, Agricola home, while a visiting friend was found badly beaten and unconscious in the yard. The discovery was made by the woman’s husband, who rushed the two women to the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 31, 2014
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The Guyana Women Miners Organisation on Friday announced that it had rescued five teenage girls from the Cuyuni mining area and efforts were being made to transport the suspected trafficking victims out of the interior location and hand them over to the Ministry of Human Services. According to the organisation, one of the rescued girls […]