By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
News, Politics
The Labour Department and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission have joined the investigations into Saturday’s deadly accident at Aurora Gold Mines that claimed the life of truck driver, Joseph Licorish of Linden. News Source understands that a Labour Officer was dispatched to the interior mining location of the Aurora company over the weekend, and […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
Crime, News
Police investigators are on the hunt for three suspects, who carried out a daring robbery at the Lucky Chinese Supermarket in South Ruimveldt on Monday night. The bandits made their escape with an undisclosed sum of money after being involved in a shoot out with a security guard who was on duty. According to reports, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2023
Crime, News
A 57-year-old US-based man is wanted by the Guyana Police Force in connection with the discovery of a large quantity of guns and ammunition that were shipped in a barrel from the United Stats to Guyana. The wanted man has been identified as Andrew Marcus Fraser of Georgia, USA. The Police said he is wanted […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2023
Business, News, Politics
Vendors who operate on the pavement outside the Muneshwers Store on Water Street will likely have to pack up and remove from the area by the 15th January 2024. The Georgetown City Council was recently ordered by the Court to remove all encumbrances from outside the store. City Mayor Alfred Mentore met with the affected […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2023
News, Politics
The prolonged dry season that has been sweeping across the country for over six months, is being blamed for the steep increase in prices for fruits and vegetables on the local market. On the sidelines of an EU forum at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, President Irfaan Ali today said farmers have been hard hit by […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2023
News, Politics
The General Council meeting of the People’s National Congress Reform, ended on Sunday evening with the party’s full commitment to counter threats and aggressions from neighboring Venezuela against Guyana in the ongoing border controversy. In a statement, the People’s National Congress said its Leader, Mr. Aubrey Norton, has pledged that the party will stand in […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Barbadian Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has declared that she is fully supportive of Guyana in the ongoing border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. Prime Minister Mottley was criticized recently after calling on both Guyana and Venezuela to ensure the region remains a zone of peace, while reminding Barbadians that Venezuela has been a good “sister” to […]
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2023
News, Politics
One of Guyana’s oldest political parties, the Working People’s Alliance, has issued a call on the Government and the National Assembly to consider a counter-referendum to affirm Guyana’s territorial integrity, in wake of the ongoing acts of aggression from neighbouring Venezuela and a heightening of its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region. In a statement on […]
By News Source Guyana on November 19, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali this has disclosed that a “person of interest” who recently arrived in Guyana from neighboring Venezuela is being questioned by the authorities. At a Saturday afternoon press conference, the President explained that the person was found with radio transmission equipment. He said the arrest is a testament of the militancy of Guyana’s […]
By News Source Guyana on November 18, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
A confident President Irfaan Ali assured the country this afternoon that there will be no military conflict between Guyana and Venezuela, despite the build up of Venezuelan military troops near the Guyana border and the planned referendum by the neighbouring country to gain public support for its claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region. Tension has been […]