By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2021
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has asked the High Court to remove President Irfaan Ali as a respondent in the matter filed by the Police Service Commission over the suspension of the Commission and the promotion of Police Officers. The Attorney General believes that having President Ali in the proceedings is in contravention of the Constitution. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2021
News
The ExxonMobil company announced another major oil find in Guyana. In a statement this morning, Exxon announced that the discovery was made at Whiptail in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. According to Exxon, the Whiptail-1 well encountered 246 feet (75 meters) of net pay in high-quality oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs. The Whiptail discovery is located approximately […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2021
News, Politics
Guyana’s Minister of Works Juan Edghill who overlooks the aviation sector has defended the Government’s decision to put a vaccination requirement in place for non-Guyanese nationals traveling to Guyana from Trinidad and Tobago. The requirement does not exist for persons coming from any other country. Speaking to News Source on Tuesday, Minister Edghill said Trinidad […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2021
News
The Giftland Mall has announced that all staffers of Giftland Officemax who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will have to submit a negative COVID-19 PCR test result at the beginning of every week and they will have to stand the costs for those PCR tests. It is not clear whether the company is instituting […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2021
News, Politics
Leader of the Alliance for Change and Opposition Member of Parliament Khemraj Ramjattan today said the Speaker was wrong when he sought the advice of Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on the three no-confidence motions submitted to him. Two of the motions are against two senior Government ministers while the third was filed by the Government […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2021
Crime, News
Family members of the Providence woman, Patricia Dhanraj who was arrested after the stabbing death of her common-law husband during a fight, are standing at her side. The woman’s family believes that she should not face any criminal charges since she was defending herself after years of physical abuse at the hands of the now-dead […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2021
News, Politics
Two weeks after the Police Service Commission filed an urgent application in the High Court asking the Court to reverse a suspension order by President Irfaan Ali and to give effect to the Police promotion list released by the PSC, the matter has been fixed for next Wednesday before Justice Gino Persaud. The Police Service […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health has retained the services of a translator to translate Covid-19 vaccination messages in the indigenous languages for the indigenous communities across the country. “So, to reach people and to get over these messages the Ministry has been able to hire someone who translated messages pertaining to the vaccination, the importance of […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Housing and its Central Housing and Planning Authority will be moving to construct 500 low-cost homes at Plantation Golden Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. The announcement was made today by Housing Minister Collin Croal as he distributed house lots and land titles at the National Stadium for areas along the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2021
Elections, News, Politics
The Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lennox Shuman has issued a call on the Government to only provide its cash grant for children to fully vaccinated parents. In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr. Shuman is also recommending that house lots only be provided to […]