By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
After months of teases on social media, Guyana’s newest political party, Citizenship Initiative, was launched last evening at the Herdmanston Lodge before a packed room of invitees. The new political party intends to change the way issues related to politics are addressed in Guyana. The founding members of the party include the Government Cultural Advisor […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News
The pilot of a small aircraft that crashed this morning in the interior has survived. He was the only person on board the single-engine plane when it went down moments after take-off from the interior location of Aricheng. A full search and rescue operation was mounted by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority moments after the crash […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News, Politics
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority has rubbished recent statements by the Opposition Leader that the sanctions against the PPP affiliated Freedom radio station and MTV Channel 65 were as a result of the President being described as a “charlatan”. At a press conference today, Chairman of the GNBA, Attorney Leslie Sobers dismissed that claim and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly this afternoon dismissed the fraud charges against six former members of the board of the Guyana Rice Development Board. The Magistrate’s decision came as a result of the absence of the Special Prosecutor for the Special Organised Crime Unit who was overlooking the matter. When a call was made for Special […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
Crime, News
Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence took the witness stand at the Magistrates’ Court this morning in a fraud case against a man who allegedly impersonated her and defrauded persons of millions of dollars. The man, Mohammed Ali, is accused of calling a business owner while impersonating the Public Health Minister and getting the person […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
Crime, News
A 21-year-old man from Silver Hill on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway was further remanded to jail over the murder of a 4-year-old boy. The accused, Joseph James, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. The Prosecution’s case is that on the day in question, the child was left in the care […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2019
News
A small aircraft belonging to Domestic Airways crashed this morning moments after take-off from the interior location of Aricheng. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Egbert Field confirmed the plane crash. He said the GCAA has activated its search and rescue plan and a team is heading out to the area. The single […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2019
News
Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this afternoon threw out an application by the opposition People’s Progressive Party to get the Court to force the Cabinet to resign in keeping with the passage of the no-confidence matter. The Chief Justice in her ruling described the PPP’s application as vexatious and an absolute abuse of the process of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2019
News, Politics
President David Granger this morning accepted the credentials of the new German Ambassador to Guyana, Ute Konig. Guyana and Germany have shared diplomatic ties for over fifty years, with those ties being developed in Guyana’s year of independence. President Granger said the relationship between Guyana and Germany is founded on mutual respect for each other’s […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2019
News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is preparing charges against two men from Tuschen on the East Bank Essequibo after the two were busted with 90 pounds of marijuana. The two men have been identified as 39-year-old Shafeek Latif and 35-year-old Naresh Totaram. In a statement today, CANU said the two men were occupants of a […]