By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
Crime, News
The suspect in the shooting death of the Sophia horse cart owner died this afternoon after he was involved in a shooting with the Police as they attempted to arrest him. The man, Keron Adams, who went on the run yesterday after he shot and killed horse cart owner Andre Easton, was cornered in Mocha […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
News
In a unanimous decision this afternoon, the Caribbean Court of Justice while asserting its jurisdiction to hear the appeal in the Guyana Election case, threw out the order of the Guyana Appeal Court in the matter and the Chief Election Officer’s report that was submitted to the Elections Commission. The decision invalidates the Guyana Court […]
By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2020
News, Politics
One man was killed and several of his co-workers were badly injured this midday when a section of the building that they were dismantling collapsed at Industrial Site. They were all attached to a contracting company that was dismantling the building for Banks DIH Limited. The Fire Service and other Emergency services rushed across to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana has recorded 7 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours and all of those new cases are from the Region One sub-district of Mabaruma. The Deputy Chief Medical Officer revealed today that there are now 143 active cases of coronavirus in Guyana with 11 of those cases in the COVID-19 […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
Crime, News
As the Guyana Police Force continues its efforts to weed out the drug trade in Guyana, more raids and destruction of marijuana farms are being done. On Monday, a police narcotics eradication exercise was conducted at Bartica Village in the Berbice river. The party of Policemen found a two and a half acre marijuana farm […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News
Low cost Canadian airline West Jet is to operate flights to Guyana this week to ferry home Guyanese nationals who have been stranded in Canada over the past four months. News Source understands that more than 150 Guyanese nationals are stranded in Canada and have been waiting on the opportunity to come home. Just like […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Close to two dozen persons from the Moruca village in Region One staged a picketing exercise this morning to make known their disapproval of a decision by the Government to lock down the Region One communities as cases of the Coronavirus skyrocket there. Some of the protesting residents doubted the existence of Coronavirus in their […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2020
News, Politics
Three Guyanese nationals including the driver of a bus, have been arrested after they attempted to smuggle nine Brazilian nationals over to Guyana using an illegal crossing in the Region Nine area that borders Brazil. The Police Force said the arrest was made after investigators in the area were alerted to the plan. At an […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2020
News, Politics
Moments after the Ministry of Public Health through the Department of Public Information announced a 16th COVID-19 death this evening, the dead woman’s relatives expressed shock and said they are confused with the coronavirus being linked to the 76-year-old woman’s death. The woman’s son, Lester Portsmouth told News Source that a few days ago his […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2020
News, Politics
The Citizenship Initiative political party has announced that it has asked its co-founder Ruel Johnson to step back from active duties with the party following allegations of verbal, physical and sexual abuse made against him. Johnson who currently serves as an Editor for the Kaieteur News and is a former Government Cultural Advisor has been […]