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The issue of guns and gun violence in the region came up for discussion today at a consultation initiative looking at the security sector and the implementation of the 2013 Treaty on Arms Trade. With Guyana sitting in the Latin America and Caribbean region where gun violence heads the list of deaths in the region, […]
The Government’s holding company, NICIL today announced that a new AC Marriott Hotel will be constructed within the next 30 months at Ogle. The hotel which will be known as the AC Marriott is being built at a cost of US$75million with additional costs to follow. According to the NICIL statement, the new hotel is […]
As panic continues to grip the world as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to climb, Guyana continues to put stringent screening systems in place to guard against the virus here. The Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Hospital, retired Brigadier George Lewis told News Source today that the Georgetown Hospital is one of […]
The Citizenship Initiative – one of the newly launched political parties – has released campaign financing details but has withheld the names of its 27 donors, even as it pushes for public disclosure of the source of funding of political parties. TCI said in a statement on Tuesday said when parties are not required to […]
Ex-GDF Chief of Staff and APNU+AFC Candidate, retired Rear Admiral Gary Best today announced that he is suspending all appearances at campaign events in wake of the fatal accident that he was involved in. Best, who is currently on station bail, while the Police investigations continue, issued a statement through his Attorneys, expressing remorse over […]
One of the suspects in last evening’s brazen robbery of a GTT sales kiosk in the Giftland Mall managed to evade law enforcement during an operation in Durban Street, Georgetown this midday. Although the name of the suspect has not been released, Police officials have confirmed that he lives on Durban Street and was one […]
A 42-year-old Barber who was charged with exposing his genitals to a female customer and rubbing her thighs has been found guilty and sentenced to prison, although he has not shown up in Court since his first appearance. 42-year-old Ceon Cantzlaar was found guilty on the two sexual assault charges in his absence. He was […]
Almost a year after he was extradited from Canada to face a multi million dollar fraud charge, the former Accountant at the Guyana Rice Development Board, Peter Ramcharran, was this morning found guilty on one of the counts and was sentenced to three years in jail. He is facing the other charges. The three-year sentence […]
The Department of Energy today announced that the Local Content Policy for the Oil and Gas Sector has been completed and printed. “It is now a deliverable”, DoE Head, Dr. Mark Bynoe announced at a press conference this afternoon. He has promised that the full policy will be released to the media. Dr. Bynoe explained […]
The Carter Center has announced that former Prime Minister of Senegal, Aminata Touré, will be the co-Chair of the Carter Center’s Election Observer Mission in Guyana. Chairperson of the Carter Center, Jason J. Carter, will serve as the other Co-Chair. In a statement this morning, the Carter Center Chairperson said the Carter Center cares deeply […]
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