By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
Crime, News
The Regional Executive Officer for Region Nine, Carl Parker, was today slapped with sexual assault charges and placed on $200,000 bail. He is accused of sexually assaulting an official from the same Region Nine community. When the case was called, the proceedings were held in camera, in keeping with the sexual offences laws. After the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
Crime, News
A 36-year-old Nigerian national was today remanded to prison for intent to defraud two popular retail stores in Georgetown. His name was given as Bab Rasaki, and he was slapped with the fraud charge after he allegedly attempted to purchase a number of items totaling more than one million dollars with a credit card that did […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
News
In an effort to reverse its decline in revenue stream, the Guyana Post Office Corporation is entering the internet shopping market. The Post Office Corporation has partnered with the PAKYA shipping company out of Miami to ship packages to Guyana. Initially, shipping will be done once weekly to Guyana, this will subsequently move to twice weekly […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
News, Politics
The lunchtime protest against parking meters in Georgetown continued today with a much larger crowd gathered outside City Hall. This time, there were no counter protesters but hundreds more joined the Movement Against Parking Meters, as they declared that they now want a revocation of the parking meter system and not a reduction in the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
Crime, News
The Special Organised Crime Unit is continuing its probe into a suspected multi million U.S dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice Development Board, under its previous management. Late last week officers from SOCU swooped down on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRBD) office following the findings of a Forensic Audit. A file has been already prepared […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2017
News, Politics
(MOTP) Following the public outcry over the implementation of the parking meters project in the Georgetown, President David Granger, on Wednesday afternoon, convened a meeting with the City’s Mayor, Ms. Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk, Mr. Royston King at State House. Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan and Attorney […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2017
News
Bound in a wheelchair, the 22-year-old man accused of shooting a Durban Street restaurant waitress to death, was on Wednesday remanded to prison for the murder. The man, Shelton George aka “Boorie” was wheeled into the Courthouse to face the murder charge. He was left paralyzed after being shot in neighbouring Suriname and has been […]
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 […]