By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2017
News
The ANSA McAl Group of Companies is expanding its wide range or products and services in the Guyana market and has now switched gears and is making a move in the auto sales industry. On Wednesday, the company launched its new automotive store at Beterverwagting offering a full line of new Suzuki vehicles. The company’s Sector Head of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2017
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana and the United States are stepping up the fight against human trafficking in Guyana. Guyana has been named repeatedly in the US State Department’s report on human trafficking as a country where the problem exists. However, Guyana has been improving its efforts to fighting human trafficking. On Wednesday a special workshop […]
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2017
News, Politics
The Chief Justice, Roxanne George-Wiltshire, has ruled that the directive given by the Minister of State earlier this year to the Police Service Commission to put a hold on the planned promotions of senior Police Officers was unlawful and unconstitutional. The Police Service Commission was preparing to put together its list of promotions when it […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2017
News, Politics
The Education Ministry will be looking to raise issues of sexual abuse and sexual harassment in schools to make students more aware of the issue and the types of behaviour which could be categorized under the two. Speaking to members of the media briefly today, Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry, said there is the need […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger has written to all of the parties that make up the coalition government, and not just the Alliance For Change, asking them to each submit a nominee for the position of Commissioner for the Guyana Elections Commission. The need for the position to be filled is as a result of the passing […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2017
News, Politics
Following the death of Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, Sandra Jones, President David Granger has asked the Alliance For Change to submit a nominee to fill the vacant position. The replacement for the GECOM Commissioner job will be coming from the government side. AFC Leader Raphael Trotman has received a letter from the President […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2017
Crime, News
Flanked by his three attorneys, Bishops’ High School teacher, Coen Jackson, this afternoon denied ever molesting or ever being involved in any sexual relationship with his own students. However, he admitted that he currently shares a relationship with a young woman, who once attended the school and one of his former girlfriends is also a […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2017
News
As the Education Ministry begins to probe reports of the sexual misconduct of a male teacher of the Bishops’ High School, the Child Care and Protection Agency is standing ready to assist with the probe and to offer counseling to students. In an interview with News Source on Tuesday, Director of the Child Care and […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2017
Crime, News
The Trinidadian national, Sawak Maraj, who is accused of faking his own kidnapping, was granted bail today in the sum of $1 Million as his parents watched on. This was the man’s third court appearance. He was charged back in October for faking his own kidnapping in an effort to extract a ransom from his […]
By News Source Guyana on November 20, 2017
News
Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson, has confirmed that he has received an official complaint of alleged sexual misconduct by a male teacher of the Bishops’ High School. Speaking to News Source briefly this evening, Mr. Hutson said he received the complaint in the form of a letter from Cultural Advisor at the Ministry of Social […]