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Hours after the University of Guyana announced this morning that it will keep its Turkeyen campus closed for the rest of the week following two days of bomb threats, the Guyana Police Force issued a statement, making t clear that from its investigations “there is no significant threat”. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Police Force […]
Recently appointed Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Affairs at Guyana Goldfields, Perry Holloway, is reassuring Guyana that the Canadian company is doing well and will continue to expand its operations in Guyana, as it seeks to further develop its gold mining operations. Guyana Goldfields is a Canadian company. It currently has the largest […]
Construction Worker, Robert Forrester today found himself before a Magistrate facing a fraud charge. It is alleged that he converted the sum of $1.2 million to his own use, when the money was intended to complete payment for a house lot for one of his clients. The accused requested that he be given time to […]
The Alliance For Change is making it clear that the next elections will be about trust and leadership and Guyanese will have to choose between the incumbent President David Granger and the former PPP Government Minister, Irfaan Ali. The Alliance For Change is part of the governing coalition and the coalition will remain in place […]
The ExxonMobil company today announced two additional discoveries of oil offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells. The discoveries bring the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12. According to the company, the discoveries build on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the […]
All classes at the University of Guyana Turkeyen campus were cancelled today following several bomb threats against the tertiary institution. The Police and the Bomb Squad were called in as students and lecturers were hurried out of the classrooms and the compound. Speaking to News Source, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ivelaw Griffith related that […]
Attorney General Basil Williams has officially filed the Government’s appeal in the no-confidence cases. In his pleadings to the Court, the Attorney General said the Chief Justice, Roxanne George- Wiltshire erred and misdirected herself in law when she ruled that the motion of no-confidence upon a division vote of 33:32 Members of the National Assembly […]
With chants of “the clock is ticking”, scores of supporters of the opposition People’s Progressive Party protested on High Street today, pressing for elections within the next month. The protesters gathered at The Red House, armed themselves with placards then made their way as close as they could get to the head quarters of the […]
A 61-year-old labourer is behind bars, after he was remanded to jail for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old disabled girl. The accused, Octavus Williams appeared before the Chief Magistrate on Monday to face the rape charge. He was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The Court was told that the […]
The Delegation of the European Union in Guyana in a statement today said that it continues to closely follow the developments after the no-confidence vote in the National Assembly on 21, December 2018. The Delegation is calling on all concerned bodies and stakeholders to “uphold the Constitution, respecting democratic procedures and the rule of law. Procedures […]
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