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A Guyanese medical student who returned from China via Suriname last evening created mayhem at the Diamond Hospital after she was taken there from the Cheddi Jagan Airport to undergo an evaluation and additional screening as part of the protocol to deal with the coronavirus. News Source understands that the medical student and her relatives […]
The Government of Guyana has broken its silence on the highly controversial report on Guyana’s oil agreement with ExxonMobil and the government has pointed out that the report failed to identify any incidence of corruption and or malpractice. In a statement this evening, the coalition government said it believes the report was seemingly released to […]
The local gay rights group, Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is pushing for the political parties contesting the upcoming elections to include legislative changes to protect the human rights of all Guyanese, especially persons from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community. The LGBT Organization today released a manifesto of its own with some […]
One day after the Global Witness organisation released a report on Guyana’s oil industry, claiming that the country could possibly lose up to US$55 billion because of a “bad” contract with Exxon, the International Energy research group, Rystad Energy is looking at the actual benefits that Guyana will get, based on its own studies and […]
Barbadian Prime Minister and Chairman of CARICOM, Mia Mottley believes the region needs to move with the same alacrity to address violence as it is using to take on the global threat of the coronavirus. Ms. Mottley was in Guyana on Monday for a series of meetings with officials of the CARICOM Secretariat. She also […]
A large group of sugar workers from the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates picketed the President’s office this morning, demanding that he gets Guysuco to increase their salaries. Armed with placards carrying slogans about the cost of living and the need for a salary increase, the workers and their union representatives said they want the […]
One day after a Corentyne farmer was charged for the murders of a resort owner and one of his workers, a 16-year-old boy from the same Corentyne area was charged in connection with the same crime. Because of the age of the teenage accused, his name and identity will not be revealed in keeping with […]
The Elections Observer Mission from the European Union has started its work with the first group of observers arriving in Guyana. The EU Observer Mission is here at the invitation of President David Granger. The teams from the mission will be dispatched to the various regions across Guyana in the run-up to and during the […]
A game of cards ended in the murder of a Linden miner in the Quarterstone Backdam in the Cuyuni river area. Police investigators have arrested the suspect who works as a security guard for the same company as the miner. The dead man has been identified as 28-year-old Raymond Leitch, who is originally from the […]
Eight years after three Linden men, who were part of a protest, were gunned down by the Police, their relatives have filed a $450 million lawsuit against the State. The three “Linden Martyrs”, Ron Somerset, Shemroy Bouyea and Allan Lewis, were shot dead on the 18th July 2012 at the Wismar Mackenzie Bridge by Police […]
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