By News Source Guyana on May 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force has filed charges against Opposition Members of Parliament, Christopher Jones, and Annette Ferguson along with several others for allegedly participating in an illegal procession. The charges date back to the 26th April when there was a gathering outside the High Court for the election petition ruling and a protest March just […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2021
News, Politics
The father of the suspect in the Linden shallow grave murder was this afternoon released from Police custody on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The DPP advised the Police that there was insufficient evidence to charge the man, Shawn Alleyne with any crime related to the murder of Shonnette Dover at the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2021
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir has filed a police report against businessman and former Commissioner at the Ethnic Relations Commission, Roshan Khan over racially charged statements he made against the MP on his Facebook page. In a Facebook post, Roshan Khan who has made previous racially insensitive comments on social media, urged persons, to […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2021
News, Politics
Turks and Caicos registered regional airline, InterCaribbean Airways have been given the clearance from the Government of Guyana for the start of its schedule service to Guyana. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, made the announcement on Monday. InterCaribbean Airways currently flies to 23 destinations across the region and it is hoped that it will […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2021
News, Politics
The death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana jumped to 303 today as four more deaths were recorded. Two of the latest victims are from Region Four while the other two are from Region Six and Region Seven. In the past two months, the country has recorded more than 100 deaths. The spike in […]
By News Source Guyana on May 3, 2021
News, Politics
The owner of the popular Sleepin Hotel and Casino and one of his employees along with two of his customers were today charged over breaches of the COVID-19 curfew. The hotel owner Clifton Bacchus, cashier Shontelle Marshall and patrons Tyson Wickham and Althea Agard appeared in Court today and were each granted bail in the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Guyana Trades Union Congress, (GTUC) is urging citizens to hold the government accountable and demand a place at the decision-making table. In a Labour Day Statement, GTUC’s General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis said the Labour movement is dissatisfied that citizens continue to be deprived of benefits of the country’s resources and urges citizens to “reorganize […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2021
News, Politics
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Saturday commissioned several new body and baggage scanners. The new security equipment carries a cost of $400 million. During the commissioning ceremony, Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill said the new scanners are expected to boost the efforts to fight the trafficking of drugs and other illegal items through […]
By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Alliance For Change (AFC) which is part of the APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for a full Police investigation of the fuel import scandal that has rocked the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL. Last Wednesday, President Irfaan Ali announced that a Board Director and the Finance Director of the company were removed for their […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
News, Politics
For the third day this week, Guyana recorded more than 100 new cases of Coronavirus within a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that 177 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to more than 1700. Another […]