Police are searching for two suspects in connection with the brutal chopping of a 24-year-old Alex Williams, a mason of Rampersaud Street, No.2 Village, East Canje Berbice. Regional Commander Boodnarine Persaud confirmed that the incident occurred at approximately 00:30hrs Sunday during a brawl on the No.2 Public Road in front of a liquor shop. The…
After two years of battling the COVID-19 pandemic and with the number of active cases now below 200, the Government of Guyana has decided to move in the direction of ending all of the COVID-19 protocols next week. In a brief interview with News Source on Sunday, President Ali said the move is in keeping…
ABOUT 2,244 farmers across Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are yet to receive flood-relief cash grants from the government but Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has assured them that the government will honour the more than $200 million payout. Intense rainfall battered farmers across the country last year and the government set aside $7.8 billion to…
VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has promised that the government will not increase electricity or water rates for consumers, even as the country grapples with global economic challenges that has caused widespread price increases. Shipping challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, now exacerbated by the Ukraine-Russia crisis, have resulted in a significant increase in prices for…
– Two suspects arrested TWO police constables are nursing injuries, after they were attacked while responding to a domestic violence report, at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara. Police said a 26-year-old woman, reported by telephone, that her 24-year-old male partner had assaulted her. “When police arrived at the home, the identified male and another…
POLICE ranks responding to a fight at Parika Junction, East Bank Essequibo, were almost beaten by an angry crowd, during a fight between several males, in the wee hours of Saturday. Police Headquarters reported that the men were using broken bottles during the fight; ranks observed one of the males bleeding from his chest area…
POLICE have arrested a 37-year-old man who reportedly stabbed his brother to death, on Thursday night, at Third Street, Alberttown, Georgetown. Dead is Moses Anthony, 25, a baker. Police said that Anthony returned home on the day in question at about 21:20 hours and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. Investigators were told…
MINISTER of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, is urging Guyanese not to fall prey to fraudsters who promise to get them a house lot, emphasizing that only the ministry and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) are authorized to carry out such transactions. “We are also aware that those persons will ask you to…
…to ease rice farmers’ woes RICE farmers in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) have been protesting against the reduced price rice millers are paying for paddy but Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, said that the government is seeking to cut production costs to ensure that farmers and millers can generate profits. Mustapha was keen on pointing out…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was, on Saturday, signed between Jagadish Vasudev, known as Sadhguru, and the Government of Guyana on soil co-operation. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, signed the MoU with the yoga guru to preserve Guyana’s soil in keeping with the country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy. The event took place at State House…
