By News Source Guyana on January 23, 2020
News
A Leopold Street family is seeking justice following the death of a 31-year-old woman. The dead woman, 31-year-old Latoya Haywood, passed away this morning after spending the past four weeks in an unconscious state in a city hospital. She was stabbed to the chest in the region of her heart back by another woman during […]
By News Source Guyana on January 23, 2020
News, Politics
American multinational investment bank, CitiBank is looking at the possibility of entering the Guyana market and setting up operations here. Over the past two days, a team from the bank’s headquarters in New York has been meeting with Government and Private Sector officials in Guyana as part of an exploratory and fact-finding mission. The officials […]
By News Source Guyana on January 23, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The European Union has accepted an invitation by President David Granger for an Election Observer Mission to be sent to Guyana to observe the upcoming elections. The core team of eight elections analysts is expected to arrive on Friday and will be joined by other observers from the EU in February. They will remain in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 23, 2020
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Transparency International released its 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report this morning, listing Guyana among the countries with significant improvements in the fight against corruption. According to the report, “with a score of 40, Guyana is a significant improver on the CPI since 2012. While there is still much work to do, the government is demonstrating political will to hold former politicians accountable for the misuse of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
News, Politics
Local commercial bank, Citizens Bank, had a very good 2019 and the bank is now focusing on expanding its services and branches. At the annual general meeting of the bank on Tuesday, Chairman of the Board, Clifford Reis revealed that in 2019, the bank raked in profits of more than $955 million which represents a […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
The visiting US Congressional team of Representatives Albio Sires, Gregory Meeks and Yvette Clarke met this afternoon with President David Granger and a government team at the President’s office. In a released comment after the meeting, the President said he assured the team that based on the information coming out of the Elections Commission, preparations […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
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Almost two months after a teacher came under attack from a parent and fought back at the Winfer Gardens Primary school, both the parent and teacher found themselves before the Court today facing assault charges. The parent, 42-year-old, Charmaine Mendonca who is also facing another unrelated assault charge in the Court, was granted bail in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
News, Politics
The Diamond-Grove community now has a Magistrates’ Court of its own to ease the judicial burden in the lower Demerara district. The Court was commissioned this morning by President David Granger who noted that the opening of the Court coincides with his government’s commitment to taking more government services to the people. The President said […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this morning said the United States has no intent to divide CARICOM. Mr. Pompeo made the statement at a joint press conference with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holdness in Jamaica. His statement came in response to criticism leveled at the US over its decision to invite specific CARICOM member […]
By News Source Guyana on January 22, 2020
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Three US Congressional Representatives are in Guyana holding talks with the leadership of the political parties contesting the upcoming elections. This morning, Congressmen Albio Sires and Gregory Meeks along with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke met with Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo and a team from his party. The US Congressional team was accompanied […]