By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
News, Politics
Days after sugar workers at the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates picketed the Guyana Sugar Corporation over stalled talks between the company and the workers union, Guysuco’s Chief Executive Officer Sasenarine Singh is making it clear that the company is doing its best, but is still faced with challenges. In a video recording released by […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News
With the Finance Minister calling in the Auditor General’s office to probe the allegations of a fuel purchase scam at the state-owned Guyana Oil company, the fuel import company that triggered the probe has now written to GUYOIL, demanding that the company comes clean on the agreement between the two, within the next 48hrs. In […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News
While reporting a 29.8% decrease in serious crimes for the year when compared to the same period last year, the Guyana Police Force stated that it plans to tackle the spate of robberies being conducted by motorcycle riding robbers. A number of the robberies have been caught on camera, but its unclear how many of […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News
Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP) Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack is not taking kindly to statements on a social media blog that accuses her Chambers of taking political instructions. The rare statement from the DPP was in direct response to a social media post that accused her of being forced by the Government to institute bogus […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News
Former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn was back at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today where he was charged with an additional count of misconduct in public office. The new charge is related to the sale of land on Mandela Avenue and Aubrey Barker Road, South, Ruimveldt […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
News, Politics
Minister responsible for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has called in the Auditor General’s Office to probe allegations of a fuel buying scam at the state-owned Guyana Oil Company. The move came after the resignation of the General Manager, Trevor Bassoo who was appointed just six months ago. In a statement, Bassoo said there were efforts […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2021
Crime, News
Two Georgetown men were arrested on Tuesday afternoon on drug trafficking allegations during a CANU operation in City. A statement from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit this evening stated that CANU ranks had several targets under surveillance including a Nissan Juke motorcar bearing registration number PVV-6706. CANU said as its ranks closed in on the vehicle, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2021
News
A mini-bus driver from Sophia is in custody after he chased a Police officer with a cutlass during a traffic stop in the city today. In a statement this evening, the Guyana Police Force stated that the Police Constable was on motorcycle patrol along Homestretch Avenue when he noticed the mini-bus bearing license plate number […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2021
News
The month of April still has 10 days to go and it has already surpassed March as the month with the highest number of new COVID-19 infections in Guyana since the pandemic started a year ago. Guyana today recorded 71 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number of active cases in the country to 1388. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 20, 2021
News
A high-level team from the ExxonMobil company is set to meet with the Opposition Leader and an opposition parliamentary team on Thursday to discuss the current compressor problem that continues to affect the oil company’s operations on the Liza Destiny vessel. Over the weekend, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon dispatched a letter to the Exxon Guyana […]