For years, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has been lobbying for law amendments needed to prevent workplace discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community. Now, the group is pushing for bipartisan support for this legislative change. This is according to SASOD’s Managing Director Joel Simpson, who recently told the News Room that the…
In light of the recent allegations of misuse of funds by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has written to the organisation requesting all of its financial records for scrutiny. In a letter seen by the News Room dated August 31, 2022,…
The first matches of the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Under-17 Championship Qualifiers took place on Tuesday at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida where Bonaire stunned Guyana. Bonaire managed to rally from a 2-1 second-half deficit to top Guyana 4-2. Gerry Burnette (40’) gave Guyana a 1-0 lead, but then 11 minutes later had an own…
The Lucozade Indoor Hockey Tournament got underway with the opening matches showcasing the young talent of the under 20 boys and girls. The most experienced team for the junior category is the GCC Spartans Girls comprising of several national players who made light work of the inexperienced YMCA Old Fort Samurias. Sara Klautky scored a…
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has not yet determined whether it will contest the upcoming Local Government Elections with its coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), according to its Chairman, Cathy Hughes. “We really haven’t reached that point yet,” Hughes told reporters when questioned on the matter during an AFC press conference last…
Guyana recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday after 504 tests were conducted, taking the overall number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to 71, 035. The new cases were recorded in Region Two (one case), Region Three (two cases), Region Four (23 cases), Region Five (one case) and Region Six (three cases). There are…
Explaining that it wants to make home ownership easier for Guyanese, the New Building Society, (NBS) today announced that it will further reduce its mortgage interest rate with effect from the 1st September. Borrowers for loans from $ 1 million to $4 million will now pay 3.5% interest instead of 4% interest while those borrowing…
Twenty-three-year-old Ravindra Singh aka ‘Chowmein’ and 23-year-old Kevin Cush aka ‘Max’ both of Herstelling Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara were arrested by police on Monday last for the offence of break and enter and larceny committed on the dwelling house of a couple. They were subsequently charged with the offence when they appeared at the…
The US Embassy in Georgetown today indicated that it continues to examine ways to creatively reduce the wait times for visa interviews. The statement came in response to queries from News Source Guyana about the long wait times that continue for visa interviews for non-immigrant visitors visa. In its response to News Source, the embassy…
Businessman Azruddin Mohamed has filed a $200 million lawsuit against Police Detective, Sergeant Dion Bascom over offending statements made by the Policeman in Facebook posts that allegedly linked the well-known businessman to a cover-up of the murder of biker, Ricardo Fagundes. Sergeant Bascom has 28 days to respond to the lawsuit. The businessman is claiming…
