By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
News, Politics
Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, is confirmed among the growing list of dignitaries and world leaders to attend and make presentations at the upcoming Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo in Guyana next month. The Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo is set to take place from […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that the government is currently in talks with the stakeholders of the Berbice River Bridge Company to see how best the government can have a greater say in the operations of the Bridge. Once finalized, he said, it will pave the way for the reduction of tolls to cross […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Two years after the Brickdam Police Station was completely gutted by fire, the Government today turned the sod for the start of the construction of the new US$28.1M building. The Bassoo Building and Civil Engineering Company has won the contract for the Police Station’s reconstruction. This time around, the central Police station will be state-of-the-art […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for the Western Hemisphere, Daniel P. Erikson is currently in Guyana to advance bilateral defense and security partnership talks between Guyana and the US. In a statement, the US Embassy in Georgetown said Mr Erikson’s visit “underscores the continued importance the United States places on the U.S.-Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
News, Politics
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Guyana early this morning for what has been described by President Irfaan Ali as a “private visit”. Mr. Pompeo, who served in the last Donald Trump US administration, visited Guyana just after the election of the PPP Civic in 2020. In the aftermath of the Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on January 8, 2024
Caribbean & International, News
Veteran Guyanese and Caribbean Trade Unionist, Lincoln Lewis, has issued a call for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, to be removed as the interlocutor of any discussion between Guyana and Venezuela on the border controversy. Last week, the St. Vincent Prime Minister wrote to President Irfaan Ali to explain that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 7, 2024
News
With a recent spike in fires across the country, the Guyana Fire Service is again encouraging homeowners to install smoke detectors and alarms in their homes. On Saturday, the Fire Service found itself responding to five fire reports within a 24-hour period. At around 2:00 a.m on Saturday, a one-flat wooden building which was under […]
By News Source Guyana on January 7, 2024
Crime, News
A row over a cellphone turned deadly on Saturday night when a 29-year-old labourer was stabbed to death by a businessman. Police investigators have identified the dead youth as Otis Haimchand of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The suspect is a 36-year-old businessman from Haslington, East Coast Demerara. He is on the run. A Police report […]
By News Source Guyana on January 6, 2024
News, Politics
People’s National Congress Reform Executive Member and recently appointed Guyana Ambassador to Venezuela, Dr.Richard Van West-Charles is uncertain about his future in the PNC/R, which was founded by his Father-in-Law, late President Forbes Burnham. Dr. Van West Charles was appointed Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela by the PPP government and will take up his position in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 6, 2024
Crime, News
39-year-old Parika resident, Gurudeen Lalaram, was charged and remanded to jail on Thursday for the murder of his 25-year-old wife, Parbattie Persaud. The man appeared at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul, and he was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. He is accused of using a piece of […]