By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
-by Svetlana Marshall- With support from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI), the Black Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) and the Guyana Press Association (GPA), the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), today launched ‘Guyana Together’, which has been described as a grassroots public education campaign aimed at increasing acceptance levels of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2023
News, Politics
The Ministry of Education has Commissioned the Victory Lilly Primary school, at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo. The $200m facility has the capacity to accommodate over three hundred children and boasts of an auditorium, kitchenette, sanitary blocks, Wi-fi connection and other amenities. Speaking during the Commissioning ceremony, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
With unfavourable rulings made against him at the High Court, the Full Court and the Court of Appeal, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is now taking his appeal of a multi-million-dollar defamation judgement against him to the Caribbean Court of Justice. On Monday, the Court of Appeal dismissed an application by the Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2023
Crime, News
The badly burnt body of a woman was found in a yard at Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo, and the woman’s family and investigators believe that she was murdered. While the Police investigators have indicated that DNA tests will have to be conducted to positively identify the woman, the family of 29-year-old Parika […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
Crime, News
The bodies of two men were found this morning in the Essequibo river, hours after they were reported missing. According to the Police, a missing person’s report was filed on Monday night for the two men after they did not return to their home. The Police said that around 11 o’ clock this morning, the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
Crime, News
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit arrested two persons today after finding 17.1 pounds of cocaine in their possession. While not releasing details of the cocaine bust, CANU explained that the cocaine was found during an operation at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo. The $8 million worth of cocaine was found in […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
Crime, News
As road deaths continue to haunt the country, a 71-year-old resident of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara became one of the country’s latest road accident victims, pushing the total number of road deaths for the year to over 140. The dead man has been identified as Beersain Udho. A police report explained the 71-year-old man was […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
Crime, News
A 43-year-old motorcyclist lost his life this morning as he slammed into a truck just after overtaking another vehicle. The accident took place along the Kendall Public Road in East Berbice. Police have identified the dead biker as Ajay Ramchand of Nigg Settlement, Berbice. Ramchand was riding his high-powered motorcycle when he overtook a vehicle […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
News, Politics
General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform, (PNC/R) Dawn Hastings- Williams, had confirmed to News Source that the leadership of the party will soon begin discussions to host the party’s biennial delegates congress to elect a new leadership. However, she indicated that the party will first hold its long-overdue General Council meeting. The party’s […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
The Mahdia Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry has denied a request by Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd for the inquiry to be halted until the completion of the Court case against the 15-year-old girl who is facing 20 murder charges in relation to the dorm fire deaths. The Secretary to the Commission, Javed Shaddick told News Source […]
