By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2015
News
Unions representing the interest of workers at the University of Guyana have threatened to resume strike action which had crippled teaching activities at the Tain and Turkeyen campuses for almost two months. In a press statement on Monday, the unions complained that the negotiations in which increased salaries and better working conditions are being sought, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2015
News
A post-mortem examination was carried out on the body of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing on Friday. The 40-year-old man was executed while campaigning in the Diamond community on Tuesday evening. According to the family’s attorney Nigel Hughes, the post-mortem examination found that Crom-Ewing was shot five times. Three of those shots were to the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News
Kurt Campbell reports… With the possibility of a change of government at the upcoming May 11 polls and in spite of continued objections from the political opposition, Chairman of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington declared on Thursday that the Marriott Hotel is “here to stay.” Brassington who also heads Atlantic […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News, Politics
As the police continues to review CCTV footage from the Diamond community hoping for a breakthrough in the investigations into the execution of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, President Donald Ramotar has instructed the top brass of the Force to leave no stone unturned in their probe into the man’s Tuesday night murder. Speaking at the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News, Politics
Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Major General Joe Singh has issued a call for all political parties to strongly condemn the execution of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing who was shot dead on Tuesday evening while encouraging persons in the Diamond community to vote the current administration out of office. “All political […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News
The Judicial Service Commission on Wednesday announced that it was lifting the suspension it imposed on Magistrate Alex Moore and he was free to return to the bench. Moore was suspended just over three months ago. His suspension came after a woman who appeared in his courtroom complained to the JSC about the language the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2015
Caribbean & International, News
Guyana’s relationship with neighboring Venezuela remains “healthy” according to Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon. Dr. Luncheon made the pronouncement in an invited comment to News Source on Wednesday. It came at a time when International Relations Experts are predicting an escalation of existing tension and a subsequent deterioration of relationship between the two neighbors […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2015
News, Politics
For weeks, 40-year-old political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing held his own solo court on Carmichael Street in front of the Attorney General’s office as he called for the AG’s resignation over the contents of a recorded telephone conversation between the Attorney General and a reporter. Over the past few days, he shifted his protests to the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2015
News, Politics
The Home Affairs Ministry has given instructions for a full and thorough investigation into the execution of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing who was gunned down in Diamond Housing Scheme on Tuesday night while urging residents to head out to the polls and vote on May 11. In a statement late Tuesday evening, the Ministry […]
By News Source Guyana on March 10, 2015
News, Politics
Police investigators were called to the Diamond community on Tuesday evening after political activist and former Guyana Defence Force Officer, Courtney Crum-Ewing was shot dead execution style along one of the roadways in the community. Crum-Ewing had carried out a one man protest for months outside the office of the Attorney General Anil Nandlall, calling […]