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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 […]
The Guyana Police Force is stepping up patrols across the country as it has recorded a 25% increased in armed robberies despite the coronavirus pandemic. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn made the grim announcement today as he defended the government’s purchase of 15 new motorcycles to assist the Police Force in its patrols. The motorcycles, […]
In an effort to deliver speedier trials and justice during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the local judiciary with support from the Government, commissioned several “virtual courtrooms” this morning. The Courtrooms which have been set up at the Lusignan Prison will allow prisoners to face their trials and Court appearances without leaving the confines of the […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has been provided with more than 50,000 images from the shipment of the drug-laden container from Guyana that was busted in Belgium back in November. Head of CANU, James Singh confirmed to News Source that his agency is going through the images as part of its probe of the more […]
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