By News Source Guyana on August 22, 2023
News, Politics
Officials of Caribbean Airlines have indicated that the airline’s services to many of its destinations are returning to a state of normalcy, even in the height of ongoing complaints from affected passengers. The airline announced today that many of its flights were back on schedule, although the ferrying out of the affected passengers was ongoing, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 22, 2023
News, Politics
Tributes poured in today for longstanding member of the People’s Progressive Party, former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Dr. Luncheon, who served every PPP government since 1992, died on August 2 after a period of illness. At the time of his passing, he was employed at the Office of the President as an advisor. In […]
By News Source Guyana on August 22, 2023
News, Politics
Hundreds of Sugar workers from the Albion and Blairmont Sugar Estates in Berbice continue to protest, demanding a severance payout from the Guyana Sugar Corporation, (GUYSUCO). The protesting sugar workers were initially employed at the Rose Hall estate, but after the closure of that estate in 2017, many of them were transferred to the Albion […]
By News Source Guyana on August 21, 2023
News, Politics
One of the students who was critically injured in the Mahdia School Dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children, has been released from the Staten Island University Hospital, after undergoing three months of special medical care. The young girl, Mariza Williams, was air-dashed to the United States back in May after surviving the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 21, 2023
News, Politics
Caribbean Airlines flights across its network remained severely affected on Monday, even after the Industrial Court in Trinidad and Tobago ordered the airline’s pilots back to work. As of this afternoon, several flights remained canceled while others were updated to the “delayed” status. The airline admitted today that Sunday’s widespread cancellations and today’s ongoing disruptions […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
News, Politics
One day after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo claimed that Trinidad and Tobago businessmen have been soaking up the foreign currency in Guyana by conducting lots of their international transactions from Guyana, Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes the Guyana Government must take the blame for the situation. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
-by Svetlana Marshall- Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed today that a United States Government report on gold smuggling while the APNU+AFC was in government, had indicated that over US$2 Billion in gold was smuggled out of Guyana over a 10 year period. He said the report […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
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With a post-mortem examination set for Monday to determine the cause of death, the family of a 19-year-old woman whose body was found in her Lusignan apartment, want a full police investigation into her death. The young woman’s name has been given as Malinda Fiona Niewenkirk. A Police statement said her body was discovered this […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The death toll from the Dengue Fever in Guyana has climbed to 11, with the Ministry of Health confirming the recent deaths. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said it has recorded a total of 2,169 confirmed cases of dengue fever, with 239 patients hospitalized and 11 dengue related deaths so far for 2023. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 18, 2023
News, Politics
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory Fire is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss the way forward. The fire at the school dorm in May, claimed the lives of 20 children. Secretary to the Commission, Javed Shaddick, told News Source that once the Commission meets, it will […]