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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
News, Politics
The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce this afternoon admitted that it called in the Police on its former Permanent Secretary, now Chief Administrative Officer Karen Vanslytman-Corbin this morning. In a statement, the Ministry stated that Vanslytman-Corbin has been reassigned to her new position and will now work out of the Sophia Exhibition Complex. The […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield was arrested and charged today on allegations of forgery and misconduct in public office. The new charges were filed by the Guyana Police Force as it continues its probe into allegations of fraud at the 2020 elections. He appeared in Court this afternoon and was slapped with three charges of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
News
A well-known speed biker lost his life on Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed onto the roadway when the biker lost control. Dead is 40-year-old Marlon Fiedtkou aka “Sunny” of Delph Street, Campbellville. The accident occurred at around 5:45pm in the vicinity of Demerara Distillers Limited. Fiedtkou was part of a crew of bikers heading […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2020
Crime, News
A 26-year-old woman from Belvedere village Corentyne became one of the country’s latest road accident victims on Sunday. The woman, Radha Shivcharran was the pillion rider on a motorcycle when the rider, Kenny Teakadharry, lost control and slammed into the steel rail at the side of the road along the Seawell public road in Berbice. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
News, Politics
by Attorney Dwayne Braithwaite Generally, every applicant for a non-immigrant visa must prove the following: You are a bona fide non-immigrant (temporarily going to the US); You are entitled to the visa being sought; and You are not inadmissible to the US (if you were, a waiver could be granted in some cases). There is […]