By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2018
News, Politics
Guyana’s First Lady, Sandra Granger utilized the opportunity at an international health forum on Wednesday to push for greater attention to be placed on mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The forum was the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she chaired one of the plenary discussions. The First Lady, in her opening […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2018
Crime, News
The son of a Government Minister and his ex-girlfriend are expected to face a Magistrate in Bartica after they allegedly assaulted each other during a row. According to a Police statement, Hector Broomes, who is the son of Minister Simona Broomes, will face one count of assault causing grevious bodily harm. His ex-girlfriend will face […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2018
Crime, News
Three weeks after 19-year-old, Anisha Hardy was sentenced to 3 years in prison after she was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with over a pound of cocaine pellets in her stomach, the man who it is believed supplied her with the pellets, found himself before the Court. The young man, Kelvin Gordon made his […]
By News Source Guyana on July 26, 2018
News, Politics
Local democratic organs are being pushed by Central Government into full autonomy and freedom from external control or influence, but in doing so, they are being encouraged to desist from looking to the executive to pay their bills. At the opening of the inaugural National Conference of Local Democratic Organs on Thursday, President David Granger said […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
News, Politics
(DPI) Forty (40) Guyanese mariners are being trained in occupational safety for jobs in the offshore oil and gas industry by Edison Chouest Offshore in collaboration with El Dorado Offshore. Director of El Dorado Offshore, Natasha Jairam-Abai said the company is hoping to double the number of persons trained in the next six months to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
Crime, News
A young driver lost his life late last evening when the car he was driving slammed into a parked truck at Yarrowkabra along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Ryan Wilson of Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The incident occurred around 11pm on Tuesday. In a statement, the Police Force revealed […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force today announced that it has released the Venezuelan registered aircraft and its crew after documents were provided for the plane and the local civil aviation authority confirmed the authenticity of the documents. The plane was detained after it arrived in Guyana earlier this month with two Venezuelan pilots and two Venezuelan […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
Crime, News
In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate this afternoon, a Port Kaituma vendor was charged with allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. 25-year-old, Stephan Belle stood calmly as the charge was read to him. It was explained to the Court that on the 14th July, the man engaged in the sexual penetration of the young girl […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
Crime, News
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo continues to express concern about the security situation in the country. He told a media conference on Wednesday that he has been meeting with persons who are also concerned and many of them have lost confidence in the Police Force. According to the Opposition Leader, the Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan […]
By News Source Guyana on July 25, 2018
News, Politics
The Ministry of Education on today signed a new seven-year agreement with Peace Corps Guyana to support education and learning across the country. The new agreement, which has received the full support of the Government and the United States Embassy here, is being regarded as a “renewing of vows. The US Peace Corps has been supporting several […]