By News Source Guyana on March 3, 2021
News, Politics
Senior Government officials have confirmed to News Source that the Guyana Defence Force and other security agencies are probing the presence of an unuthorized military jet in Guyana’s airspace. On Tuesday, the military fighter jet was spotted flying over Eteringbang in the Region Seven area. Some miners captured the flyover on camera and alerted the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 3, 2021
News, Politics
One day after the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health informed the Linden Hospital CEO Rudy Small of his removal from that position, the Health Ministry has made a decision to reinstall Small in the post and the Permanent Secretary has now been instructed to reinstall him with immediate effect. Small was removed after […]
By News Source Guyana on March 3, 2021
News, Politics
Almost three weeks after a vessel with dead bodies was spotted and later disappeared in Guyana’s waters, the authorities in the Central American country of Nicaragua have announced the discovery of a boat with dead bodies. Law Enforcement agencies in Nicaragua on Tuesday announced that the discovery of the engine-less boat with the decomposed bodies […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Office of the President will be increasing its fleet of more than 100 vehicles with the purchase of seven new vehicles this year to the tune of $67 million. During the consideration of the budget estimates this morning, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira announced that land cruisers and buses for the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Caribbean Court of Justice today dismissed a matter which challenged the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F. Correia International Airport under the former Government. The matter was filed by Air Services Limited and others, who contended that the process of renaming the Airport was not done properly, since there was no […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Narcotics Police in Jamaica are probing the discovery of scores of packages with more than 300 pounds of cocaine which were found in containers that arrived in the island from Guyana. The discovery was made at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) on Monday afternoon. Reports out of Jamaica indicate that the cocaine was found […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Caribbean Examinations Council has announced that it will be administering the CSEC and CAPE examinations in June and July. The exams are set to begin on the 14th June and end on the 16th July. Unlike the 2020 exams, CXC will be reverting to two papers being administered to every subject. School Based Assessments […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Office of the First Lady has been given an additional $10 Million in the 2021 budget, despite no new projects being announced to be undertaken by the office. The revelation was made by Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira during the consideration of Budget estimates for the Office of the President on […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health has removed Rudy Small as Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital with immediate effect. Small, who set off a wave of controversy after accusing nurses of abandoning their posts to go “sleep with their Sweetman”, received a correspondence from the Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary with Monday’s date informing him of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 2, 2021
News, Politics
On the anniversary of the 2nd March 2020 elections, President Irfaan Ali has announced that he will be instituting a new national award, the Order of Democracy. In a midnight statement, the President said the award will be in recognition of those who defended Guyana’s democracy. The President said in the aftermath of last year’s […]