By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Guyana has successfully completed its second Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) National Risk Assessment Report as it inches closer to its Fourth Mutual Evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). Attorney General Anil Nandlall made the announcement on Monday. The Attorney General is also the Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing […]
By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2022
Elections, News, Politics
The Court of Appeal has set Wednesday, December 7 for the conduct of a Case Management Conference (CMC) in the Election Petition Case challenging the High Court’s decision to uphold Order 60 – the Recount Order- which was used to facilitate the National Recount of the votes cast at the March, 2020 polls. In dismissing […]
By News Source Guyana on November 1, 2022
News, Politics
Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira has responded to claims of discrimination and corruption that were leveled against the Guyana Government at a Guyanese diaspora meeting in New York. While attacking a number of the Guyanese speakers at the event which was held on Sunday and attended by hundreds of Guyanese, Teixeira said the Government of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
News, Politics
A local tourist was swept away by strong currents in the Ireng river during a visit to Orinduik Falls on Sunday, The man who has been identified as Gladstone Haynes was among a group of tourists who visited the site in the company of a local airline and tour operator. During the visit to Orinduik […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Months after he opted for early retirement from the Guyana Defence Force, bringing an end to his job as Director of the Guyana Civil Defence Commission, retired Lt. Colonel Kester Craig has landed a big role with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Craig will serve as the new Deputy Executive Director of the agency […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
News, Politics
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Paul Slowe told a Guyanese diaspora town hall meeting in New York that the Rule of Law is under attack in Guyana and he pointed to the recent arrest of Attorney-at-Law Tamieka Clarke by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Firebrand New York Attorney General Letitia James intends to formally ask the Department of Justice and the President Joe Biden Administration to probe ‘disturbing’ claims of discrimination in Guyana. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting organized by the Guyana Caribbean Institute for Democracy last evening in New York, the New York Attorney General said from […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
A private jet that flew in officials from an international company for a meetings with officials in Guyana was broken into at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, triggering a major investigation. Senior Police officials have confirmed to News Source that investigators are probing the report of an alleged break-in of the private aircraft. The aircraft bearing […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2022
News, Politics
Admitting that a large percentage of men have dropped the ball and in effect have failed to adequately take up their responsibility, President Irfaan Ali on Friday challenged the nation’s men and boys to join forces to collectively tackle the issues confronting them, as he launched ‘Men on a Mission.’ ‘Men on a Mission’ forms […]
By News Source Guyana on October 28, 2022
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali today defended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and his own handling of the Charrandass Persaud issue and his decision to recall him as High Commissioner to India. Speaking to reporters this morning, the President said he acted once he saw the video evidence of Persaud cursing out a female Indian professor outside […]