By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators have arrested the main suspect in the murder of a Princes Street, Lodge woman and her daughter over the holiday weekend. The Cuban national was arrested at Amelia’s Ward in Linden on Sunday night, two days after the gruesome murders. The lifeless bodies of 34-year-old Tara Krishram and her 11-year-old daughter were found […]
By News Source Guyana on December 28, 2020
News
The Government will be going to the National Assembly this morning to seek more than $18 Billion in a supplementary budget for this year. The National budget was passed just three months ago to the tune of over $330 Billion. The additional sum being sought is to cover both capital and current expenses. The APNU+AFC […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man was hit down by an angry mechanic and dragged for several yards after the two were involved in an argument early Sunday morning. Dead is 29-year-old David Barclay aka Justin Blake. According to reports, Barclay was driving his car along Durban Street at around 2 am when he […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the brutal murder of a Princess Street Lodge woman and her daughter. The lifeless bodies of 34-year-old Tara Krishram and her 11-year-old daughter were found in a bedroom in the house last evening. The two appeared to have been beaten and slashed to death, according to the Police. The woman’s Cuban […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2020
Crime, News
A Police Constable could find himself before the Court for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. A Police statement indicated that Police Constable Lyle of the Den Amstel Police Station was driving an All-Terrain Vehicle along the Den Amstel Public Road on Christmas Day when he crashed into a pedestrian. The pedestrian, […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2020
News, Politics
Prime Minister Mark Phillips who is the Chairman of the National Task Force on Coronavirus today admitted that the government is facing some challenges in its efforts to tackle the pandemic as many citizens continue to ignore the coronavirus guidelines. The Prime Minister however told the National Assembly today that the government will continue their […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2020
News
The coronavirus death toll in the country jumped by two today. The Ministry of Health announced the deaths of an 88-year-old man from Region Seven and a 68-year-old woman from Region Four. The two deaths have taken the total number of deaths recorded so far to 162. There are still four persons in the coronavirus […]
By News Source Guyana on December 23, 2020
News, Politics
More than 200 workers of the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL, began a sit in action today to press the company to meet their demands for increased salaries and to also pay them a Christmas bonus. Negotiations for salary increases started earlier this year but are now stalled. The proposal on the table was for the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Magistrates’ Court at Linden has been shut down until the 4th of January over concerns about exposure to coronavirus. In a statement today, the Judiciary announced that the closure of the Court at Linden is a precautionary measure because of exposure to the Covid-19 virus, and to effect sanitization of the Court building and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health reported today that the country has recorded 45 new cases of coronavirus and one additional death. Of the 45 new cases, 34 are from the Region 10 area. The death toll now stands at 160 with the latest fatality being a 73-year-old man from Region Five. Since the start of December, […]