By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2016
News, Politics
A regretful Crabwood Creek, Corentyne businessman was on Thursday charged for the Facebook death threats against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and several other members of the opposition People’s Progressive Party. The 39-year-old man, Kamishwar Beckham, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty to the charge. He was fined […]
By News Source Guyana on June 16, 2016
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(MOTP) President David Granger, on Wednesday, attended a reception to bid farewell to the 11th batch of the Chinese Medical Brigade and welcomed their replacement; a 16-member team of medical professionals, who arrived in Guyana two days ago. The reception was organised by the Chinese Embassy in Georgetown. First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, Prime Minister […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2016
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Parents of students attending the Brickdam Secondary School on Wednesday threw their support behind students and teachers as they protested the closure of the Brickdam Secondary School by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry met with parents and teachers on Tuesday where they announced the move to temporarily close the school and have teachers and […]
By News Source Guyana on June 15, 2016
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Mines Officers and Forestry Rangers from within the Natural Resources sector were Tuesday morning involved in an awareness training session on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), in an effort to better position them to assist in the elimination of the scourge here. Junior Natural Resources Minister and TIP Heroine Simona Broomes spearheaded the session with the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has rejected Venezuela’s denial over the shooting incident which occurred two weeks ago in Guyana’s Cuyuni river involving Venezuelan soldiers. Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the recent statement by the Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana, in which it denied that Venezuelan troops shot at Guyanese mining officials while they […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2016
News, Politics
Just days after the Georgetown City Council announced that it was moving ahead with a parking meter project through a little known company, Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan has poured water on the move and has announced that he cannot support the project under the company. In a post on his Facebook page, the Deputy Mayor […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2016
News, Politics
Residents in the Region One community of Mabaruma now have the opportunity to tune in to their own community radio station and enjoy local programming. The Government of Guyana has switched on Radio Mabaruma 95.1 FM which is an affiliate of the National Communications Network. The launch is being seen as historic and a way to stimulate economic […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana on Friday has rejected claims of a recent shooting incident involving Venezuelan soldiers and Guyanese mining officials in Guyana’s Cuyuni River. The Embassy denied that Venezuelan soldiers attacked officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission who were at the time traveling in a boat along the river in the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2016
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The former Protocol Officer at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) Waynewright Orderson was up to noon on Thursday being questioned as the City Constabulary widened its probe into the whereabouts of US$40,000 reportedly received from the Chinese Embassy unknowing to the Council. Chief Constable Andrew Foo confirmed that Orderson was cooperating with investigators […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2016
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The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) has rejected the government’s decision to transfer the Tourism portfolio from Minister Cathy Hughes and the Public Telecommunications Ministry to the Ministry of Business. In a statement on Thursday, the group said that it is “astonished, disappointed and frustrated” at yet another adjustment to the tourism portfolio. […]
