By News Source Guyana on February 21, 2019
Crime, News
TORONTO – The Guyanese man in Canada who was accused of killing his daughter on her 11th birthday died in hospital on Wednesday evening, Toronto police said. According to media reports, the man, Roopesh Rajkumar had been hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound since shortly after his arrest. His daughter, Riya Rajkumar, became the subject […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2019
News, Politics
The Attorney General’s request for the Court of Appeal to grant a stay in the High Court’s ruling in the no confidence matter and grant an order to preserve the President and cabinet beyond 90 days after the passage of the no-confidence motion, has been delayed as the Appeal Justice Rishi Persaud, pointed to several […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2019
News, Politics
The Guyana Trades Union Congress in a strongly worded statement today, said both the current APNU+AFC government and the former PPP Civic government must accept and share responsibility for the way the Russian managed, Rusal bauxite company continues to treat its Guyanese workers. The statement comes against the backdrop of the company’s decision to fire […]
By News Source Guyana on February 20, 2019
News
Inspectors from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have visited the crash site of the Cessna 182 aircraft which went down close to the Canal Number 2 Conservancy area on Monday evening. In a statement, the Civil Aviation Authority revealed that the aircraft bearing registration number N8704T, departed Arau in Region Seven at 5:06pm on […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2019
Crime, News
Two Friends who were last seen with a Grove Man who was later found dead, have been charged with the man’s murder. The two accused, Heman Gocool and Kheraj Persaud appeared before Magistrate, Faith McGusty today and were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. It is alleged that on the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2019
News
Two Friends who were last seen with a Grove Man who was later found dead, have been charged with the man’s murder. The two accused, Heman Gocool and Kheraj Persaud appeared before Magistrate, Faith McGusty today and were not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. It is alleged that on the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission today met and voted to formally advise that it cannot hold elections within the 90 days period after the passage of the no-confidence motion against the government. The Constitution calls for elections to be held within 90 days after the passage of the motion or at a time agreed to by […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2019
News, Politics
Officials representing the Russian management team of the Bauxite Company of Guyana met with the Chief Labour Officer and other Labour officials today over the company’s termination of contracts for 61 workers who went on strike action last Friday. The meeting lasted for just over two hours and at the end of it, a representative […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2019
News
A small single engine medical evacuation plane that belongs to a US Medical Missionary group, crashed this evening as it was heading towards Georgetown from the town of Mabaruma. News Source understands that the pilot alerted Air Traffic control moments after the crash. There are other survivors on board, Aviation sources told News Source. The […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2019
Crime, News
A route 45 mini-bus driver and his conductor, who were both caught on camera assaulting a police officer during a traffic arrest, have been charged for the assault. The two accused, 29-year-old Carlos Bacchus and 34-year-old Troy Peters, stood before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and denied the allegations made against them. It alleged that on February […]