By News Source Guyana on October 14, 2020
News, Politics
Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Volda Lawrence was this morning charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud, one day after she was questioned by the Police on issues pertaining to allegations of fraud at the March elections. Ms. Lawrence is accused of conspiring with the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo to declare […]
By News Source Guyana on October 14, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
An investment team from the United States led by the the US International Development Finance Corporation completed a visit to Guyana yesterday with hopes and plans to bring more investment to Guyana under the US Government’s Growth in the Americas Initiative. The agency was formed two years ago. The Development Finance Corporation is the development […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
News
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport welcomed its first schedule flight today as it reopened for regular operations under strict Coronavirus guidelines. An Eastern Airlines flight touched down this afternoon from Miami, bringing in 46 passengers. Two larger flights are expected tomorrow, one from the New York and the other from Toronto. All of the passengers […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
News
Guyanese US Immigration Attorney Dwayne Braithwaite was admitted to practice in Guyana this afternoon by Chief Justice Roxanne George. Mr. Braithwaite who operates his own law firm in Atlanta, Georgia and has been in practice there since 2014, recently completed the transitional law programme at the Hugh Wooding Law School, which allows him to practice […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana has moved to begin the dismantling of the State Asset Recover Agency and today fired all of the staff members of the agency. One month after expressing concern about the impact the dismantling of the State Asset Recovery Agency will have on the more than 40 staff members, Attorney General Anil […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Chief Justice Roxanne George has set the 22nd October as the date for the case management conference in the election petition cases that were filed by supporters of the APNU+AFC Coalition. The Attorneys for the petitioners have been informed by the Court that the case management conference will be done virtually next Thursday afternoon. That […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
News, Politics
As protesters remained vigilant outside the headquarters of the Guyana Police Force, investigators granted bail to Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Volda Lawrence hours after she was taken into custody. Protesters chanted her name after bail was posted to the tune of $100,000. With Attorney Nigel Hughes at her side, the PNC Reform Chairperson […]
By News Source Guyana on October 13, 2020
Crime, News
Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence has been detained by the Police for questioning as investigators continue their probe into allegations of fraud at the March elections. Lawrence turned up at the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Force this morning for questioning but the investigating officers were a no show at […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Health is moving to ensure regional hospitals are properly equipped to deal with severe cases of the coronavirus. The number of coronavirus cases in the country continues to climb. As of midnight last night, there were 52 new cases, taking the total number of active cases to 1,010. The Ministry of Health […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
Crime, News
A 23-year-old gold miner who was arrested for the rape and murder of a Venezuelan woman at a mining camp in Region Seven is facing an additional murder charge for the death of another woman back in May. The accused Joshua Connell appeared before Magistrate Christel Lambert in at the Bartica Magistrate Court today and […]