By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2026
News, Politics
As the extradition hearing against US-indicted billionaire businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed resumed today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman reprimanded Special Prosecutor Herbert McKenzie after he made comments about the period of time that the case has been ongoing before the Court. The Prosecutor made the comments while objecting to a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2026
News
One week after the Government of Guyana announced the advancement of the 3D Multi-Client Seismic Acquisition as it seeks to map out a large area offshore Guyana to enable more oil and gas exploration, the Venezuelan Government is objecting to the survey being done. In a statement today, the Venezuelan Government complained that the announcement […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2026
News
Senior Minister responsible for Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced the commencement of the National Cash Grant distribution, with public sector workers first in line to receive the grant in their salaries as early as next week. The cash grant of $100,000 per adult 18-years and older was allocated in the 2026 budget and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2026
Crime, News
An investigation has been launched into a violent attack at a mining camp at Siparuni in Region Eight that has left one miner dead and at least two others nursing serious injuries. Police investigators have traveled into the area to probe the incident, which has left 32-year-old miner, Rowell La Cruz dead. The young miner […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2026
Crime, News
Days after the head of a woman who was initially believed to be Guyanese was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York and month after the rest of her body was discovered in another section of Queens, the Police in New York have arrested and charged the woman’s 75-year-old husband. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2026
News
Police in Region 10 are probing a fatal accident which occurred this morning along the Rockstone trail just after 10 o’ clock. According to a report from the Police, the accident involved a motorcar that was being driven by a 25-year-old man from Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara. The other occupant of the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2026
News, Politics
Guyana’s economic growth linked to the country’s booming Oil and Gas Industry took center stage at a recording of the BBC World Questions Programme at the Pegasus Hotel last evening. The programme will air this Saturday on the BBC. It opened with a probing question on whether Guyanese are really reaping the benefits from the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2026
News
A young driver from the mining town of Linden lost his life tragically this morning in a smash-up that involved a sand truck on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The dead man has been identified as 31-year-old Keiran Warner of Amelia’s Ward, Linden. According to reports, the accident occurred in the vicinity of Loo Creek along the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2026
News, Politics
The Caribbean Court of Justice has unanimously enforced a $179 million arbitration award against the Guyana Government to Azad Meerza, of Falcon Transportation and Construction Services, who back in 2017 had been awarded a road building contract. A dispute had arisen over the execution of the project, between Mirza and the Ministry of Agriculture, which […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2026
News, Politics
The Mayor and City Council has identified a space on Hadfield Street to relocate vendors who are plying their trade at the Square of the Revolution, as the deadline for their removal draws close. Last week, the Georgetown City Council unanimously decided to issue Removal Notices to the vendors who are operating at the Square […]
