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A West Coast Demerara businessman and his wife were arrested on Sunday following the discovery of more than nine pounds of marijuana at their home. Working on a tip-off, the Police carried out a search at the Crane, West Coast Demerara home of the businessman early on Sunday morning. The large parcels of marijuana were […]
The Auditor General of Guyana has recommended that the Guyana Police Force probes the hiring of a number of high-powered Attorneys by the Attorney General’s Chambers for various cases that involved the state under the previous government. In an audit report which was released by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, the Auditor General found that in […]
32-year-old clothes vendor, Paul Smith aka Blacka of Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust became the country’s first murder victim for the new year when he was shot dead on Commerce Street in Georgetown on New Year’s Day. The incident took place at around 6:30pm and the suspect is also a clothes vendor who operates in the same […]
Twenty-eight-year-old Cuban national, Yoel Rodrigues has been remanded to jail for the murder of 34-year-old Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter. The Cuban national who went on the run just after the double murder was arrested earlier this week in Linden. In Court today, he was not required to enter a plea to the two […]
Staff members of the National Assembly will have to undergo Coronavirus tests again following the Speaker’s latest diagnosis. House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. They are all in home isolation. This is the Speaker’s second diagnosis with the disease in three months although he is […]
Cuban national Yoel Rodrigues will appear in Court tomorrow to face murder charges for the beating and slashing deaths of 34-year-old Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter. Rodrigues, who was the woman’s lover, has admitted to murdering the two. The Guyana Police Force received advice today from the Director of Public Prosecutions to proceed with […]
The move by the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn to write the Police Commissioner on the investigation of several high-ranking Police Officers over various allegations has raised concern in the Police Force. Now the Opposition, APNU+AFC is also expressing concern. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said the Home Affairs Minister is clearly sticking his hand […]
While an audit of the operations of the government’s Asphalt Plant has raised several questions about procurement, sale, and record keeping practices, the purchase of an $897,000 bracelet for the General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge as a gift is standing out in the report. According to the report, the pricy gift was purchased […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir and three other members of his family have tested positive for coronavirus. “It has happened again”, the Speaker told News Source this afternoon, confirming that he has tested positive again for COVID-19. Back in September just after the opening of Parliament, the Speaker had announced that he […]
One day after the National Assembly passed an additional $4 Billion in funding for the struggling Guyana Sugar Corporation, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union has welcomed the move. The $4 Billion passed in the supplementary budget takes the total allocation to GUYSUCO for this year to $9 Billion. In a statement today, GAWU […]
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