By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2017
News, Politics
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn believes that corruption and money laundering are still problems in Guyana that ought not to be ignored. He made the comments this morning at a seminar on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery, which was organized by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). The High Commissioner reasoned that […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2017
News
Senior Officials of the Government have indicated to News Source that the parking meter impasse formed part of the discussions at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting and the government is likely to press the City Council and the Smart City Solutions company to reduce the fees for parking as well as the penalties attached to flouting the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
Caribbean & International, News
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), President David Granger welcomes the democratic renewal represented by the Inauguration of the 58th President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moise. The Guyanese Head of State, who just attended the Opening of the National Assembly for the Constitutional Swearing-In Ceremony of the new Haitian President, in an […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
Crime, News
A robbery convict broke down in tears today at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded with the Magistrate to reconsider his decision to sentence him to three years in jail on an armed robbery conviction. Magistrate Dylan Bess did not buy the man’s tears and imposed the three year jail sentence after finding the defendant […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
News, Politics
While saying that it is “neither supportive nor against the implementation of paid metered parking in Georgetown”, the Alliance For Change wants the City Council to suspend the implementation of the Parking Meter system. In a statement this afternoon, the party which makes up the coalition government and sits as the coalition majority on the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
News
A transgender woman who was barred from being heard before a City Magistrate was able to do so on Tuesday in the Georgetown’s Magistrates’ Court, Number 06. The transgender woman, who goes by the name “Petronella” was reportedly physically assaulted by a known acquaintance on January 26, 2017. A Police report was made at the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
News
The businessman who shot and killed a 24-year-old man who was turning around on his bridge, will now have to face a high court trial for the murder. Magistrate Dylan Bess today ruled that a case had been made out against businessman, Robert Benn, and therefore he will have to stand a High Court trial. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2017
News
At least two US based Guyanese men, have been left counting their losses after being ripped off by a Plaisance woman, who presented herself as a real estate agent and collected money from them to buy properties that turned out to be non-existent. The woman has been identified as Constance Sandy. The scheme started over a […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2017
News
The Ministry of Social Protection is calling on all citizens to act responsibly regarding inappropriate video content involving school aged children that has been circulating on social media platforms. The photographs and videos of the school aged children have been posted to some Facebook pages and were being circulated on other social media apps over […]
By News Source Guyana on February 6, 2017
News, Politics
First Lady, Sandra Granger, today, urged officers of the Guyana Defence Force’s Women’s Army Corps to continue to be competent in the execution of their duties. Mrs. Granger was at the time speaking at the 50th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service for the Women’s Army Corps. She said the formation of the Women’s Army Corps 50 years ago […]