By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2023
Health, News
A 44-year-old Essequibo woman has been given a new lease on life, after Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital were able to remove a massive 34.7-pound tumour from her abdomen. The life-saving procedure was performed by Dr. Rafi Rozan, who is Chief Consultant Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, along with his expert team. The tumour was […]
By News Source Guyana on December 17, 2023
News
Hundreds of Guyanese on Friday paid their last respects to four of the servicemen who died tragically in a helicopter crash last week while in service to the country. The men – Brigadier Gary Beaton, Colonel Michael Shahoud, Lt. Colonel Sean Welcome, and Staff Sergeant Jason Khan – were remembered as ‘silent heroes,’ visionary leaders, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
Three months after he was barred from leaving the country, Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson is suing the State. Patterson, who is an Executive Member of the AFC, filed a Fixed Date Application in the High Court on Tuesday, seeking an award of damages in excess of $100,000, in addition to exemplary damages, for […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
The Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union has been ordered by the Court to begin preparations for a Special General Meeting to be held by February 5, 2024. At the High Court this morning, Justice Navendra Singh handed down the order in his decision for the Credit Union to call the Special General Meeting and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
Crime, News
Two men lost their lives in an accident on Thursday night along the Diamond Access Road, moments after they allegedly stole a motorcycle and were making their escape. The incident took place at around 11:20pm. A Police report stated that the owner of the motorcycle, who is a security guard, had just parked the bike […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
A businessman’s early morning test drive of a vehicle he was planning to purchase turned fatal this morning, when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a creek, receiving multiple injuries that eventually claimed his life. Police identified the dead man as 31-year-old Sahid Hamid of Corentyne, Berbice. The Police statement indicated that […]
By News Source Guyana on December 15, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana and Venezuela have declared that they will not threaten or use force against one another in any circumstances, including those that are consequential to any existing controversy between the two. The meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro ended last evening in St. Vincent, with the two sides agreeing that the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2023
News
By Gordon Moseley in St. Vincent and the Grenadines President Irfaan Ali said he has made it clear to the Venezuelan President during their meeting in St. Vincent that there is no retreating on Guyana’s clear position that the Essequibo region belongs to Guyana and Guyana will not be budging from its case before the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2023
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has justified the 6.5% salary increase that the government recently announced for public servants, saying the government has a duty to be responsible and act in the interest of all Guyanese. During a press conference today, the Vice President said a salary increase that is not grounded in an analysis of […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2023
News, Politics
The Ministry of Public Works was allocated $120.9 Billion in the 2022 budget to advance major development projects throughout Guyana, but at the end of that year, some $13.4B remained unspent, the Audit Office of Guyana has found. In his report on the Public Accounts of Guyana for 2022, the Auditor General, Deodat Sharma said […]