By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
News, Politics
For the third day this week, Guyana recorded more than 100 new cases of Coronavirus within a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that 177 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to more than 1700. Another […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
Crime, News
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition has condemned the arrest of online talk show host Gavin Matthews, who was taken into custody on Thursday for statements made on his talk show about Culture, Youth, and Sports Minister Charles Ramson Jr. Matthews was arrested at the Square of the Revolution while he was covering and participating in a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Police this morning revealed that it was the 15-year-old sister of the missing Linden woman who led investigators to the buried body after explaining to them how her sister was killed. According to the Police, the sister of the dead woman Shonnette Dover, during an on-camera interview in the presence of social workers, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The body of the 21-year-old Linden woman who went missing three weeks ago has been found buried in a shallow grave in her boyfriend’s backyard in Canvas City Linden. The young woman, Shonette Dover was last seen alive on the 3rd April when she reportedly left home for work. Her workplace however said she never […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
News
The death of two women today from Coronavirus pushed the death toll for the month of April to 62. The overall death toll now stands at 295. 143 new cases of the virus were recorded today pushing the number of active cases in the country to 1685. The majority of the persons are in home […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2021
News, Politics
A Soesdyke man was today found guilty of bigamy and fined $100,000. If he fails to pay the fine, he will face 12 months in jail. The 35-year-old man, Michael Taylor, was charged for marrying one woman last year, while he was still married to another woman. It was in May last year that the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2021
News
Two weeks after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the gunning down of a Timehri youth, Travis Evans aka Short Boss was sentenced to life in prison today. Evans was on trial for the 2018 murder of Ronsley Clarke. The 21-year-old man was shot dead in the full view of his girlfriend […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2021
News, Politics
As the number of new Coronavirus cases across the country continues to climb and concern mounting in some communities about the low vaccination rate, the Ministry of Education has decided to keep schools closed for in-person learning. Education Minister Priya Manickchand today said in-person classes will only take place for those students preparing for the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2021
News, Politics
While hinting that it may not be able to meet the demands of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employee (NAACIE) in relation to salary increases for its workers, the Guyana Power and Light Inc, (GPL) has stated that it is committed to resolving the issue but wants the Union to act reasonably. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2021
News
Social media talk show host, Gavin Matthews, was arrested by the Police this morning on accusations that he committed a cyber crime by using his talk show to cause emotional distress and humiliation to Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture Charles Ramson Jr. Matthews was arrested this morning at the Square of the Revolution while […]