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$78M Lotto Winner still to claim prize

The Guyana Lottery Company is asking customers who may have bought tickets for February 16, 2013 Lotto Supa 6 Draw to check their tickets again as the winner of the $78 Million lottery prize is still to come forward. The company has launched a search for the winner through press advertisements hoping that the lucky […]

Timehri will be “Airline Cemetery” with new airport -Nagamootoo

The Government’s plan to spend $30 Billion to construct a new airport is not finding favour with Alliance For Change Member of Parliament Moses Nagamootoo. Initial works paving the way for the construction of the replacement airport at Timehri has already started but Nagamootoo believes that unless a proper feasibility study is completed and presented, […]

30 year old Activist to replace ill APNU MP

With a vote on the 2013 National Budget estimates, the Opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has decided to replace hospitalised Member of Parliament Richard Allen so that his “constituents could be represented”. Allen fell ill last Thursday in the National Assembly and had to be rushed by ambulance to the Georgetown Hospital where […]

Broadcast Authority cannot revoke Radio Licenses -Shaddick

The Chairperson of the National Broadcasting Authority and Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party, Ms. Bibi Shaddick has declared that the Authority under the law does not really have any authority to revoke those radio licenses that were issued by Former President Bharrat Jagdeo without cause. Shaddick used the opening of her Budget […]

19 year old Stabbed to Death

Family members remember 19 year old Jamal Harris as “the most jovial” person you would have ever known. The young man was stabbed to death last evening and his assailant appears unknown. Jamal’s mother, Yvonne Smith told News Source this afternoon that just after 2am Monday she received a call that she should head to […]

Private Sector to get involved in efforts to attract Airlines

When Delta Airlines cuts its service to Guyana in early May, Caribbean Airlines and Suriname Airways will be the only two carriers plying the American market. Surinam Airways only flies to Miami while Caribbean Airlines takes on both the Miami and New York markets. Delta’s departure after five years of service between Guyana and New […]

Government “hogtied” by Drug Trade in Gold

Over the past two years, there has been a significant increase in persons getting involved in and investing in the Gold Mining sector. Some of the new investors are no strangers to the law and have been linked internationally to a number of cases in the drug underworld. Though the Government may be aware of […]

NCN and GINA to face Budget Cuts -Granger

The State owned National Communications Network and the Government Information Agency might find themselves again facing serious cuts in the budget. Last year, the Opposition parties in parliament used their majority to reduce the budgetary allocations to the two entities to just $1 each. That move was made as the Opposition hoped that it would […]

Four Killed, Eight Injured in Buck Hall Accident

Four persons were killed late Saturday night when a truck transporting miners and shop keepers in the interior location of  Buck Hall in Region 2, rolled down a hill and toppled over. At least eight persons survived the accident. Many of them jumped from the heavily laden truck as the driver fought to control it […]

Fire rips through Duncan Street Bond.

The Guyana Fire Service rushed to the scene of a Campbellville fire early Sunday morning as residents in the area reported that they had heard explosions coming from inside of the building. When firemen arrived at the scene the heavily grilled concrete building on Duncan Street Campbellville was engulfed in flames. Though the firemen faced […]