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The phased reopening of Guyana’s international airports has been delayed again as the Government has extended the national measures to combat the spread of COVID-19. The airports will now remain closed until the end of September. There was a plan for a reopening in early September. In a statement today, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority […]
Protests in a number of West Coast Berbice villages are ongoing with more roads being blocked as some are being cleared. This morning, more members of the Riot Squad of the Guyana Police Force were dispatched to the villages including Belladrum where the protests started on Sunday. During a stand-off with protesters this morning as […]
The APNU+AFC Coalition officially filed its election petition cases this morning against the March 2020 elections. APNU+AFC Candidate, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde filed the court documents on behalf of the applicants Claudette Thorne and Heston Bostwick. The two want the Court to determine the legality of the elections and the results that led to the […]
A Chief Prison Officer became the country’s latest road fatality this morning after being involved in a smash-up on Homestretch Avenue. Dead is 38-year-old Prince Cox of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. According to a Police statement, Chief Prison Officer Cox was a passenger in the car being driven by a prison officer when the accident […]
A Clerical Assistant and an Election Clerk attached to the Guyana Elections Commission have been charged with fraud related to the 2020 elections. The two charges were separate and related to two different incidents. In the case of the Clerical Assistant, Enrique Livan, he is facing a charge of unlawfully altering the figures from the […]
Elections Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo was marched before the Chief Magistrate this morning and slapped with four charges of misconduct in public office related to allegations of fraud in the 2020 elections. He was granted bail in the sum of $150,000 on each of the four charges. The Prosecution’s case is that […]
Hundreds of residents of Belladrum on the West Coast of Berbice came out in a fiery protest on Sunday against the ongoing detention of Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo who is from the community. From early Sunday morning and into late last night, the residents set fires to tyres and debris as they […]
The Returning Officer for Region Four and the IT Officer who was involved in the tabulation of data from the Region Four votes are both expected in Court this morning to face charges related to allegations of fraud in the 2020 elections. Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo will face a charge of misconduct in public office […]
The number of deaths from the coronavirus in Guyana continues to climb steadily just like the number of new cases. Within a 24-hour timeline, the Ministry of Health announced that Guyana had recorded four additional COVID-19 related deaths. Three of those deaths occurred on Sunday with the other one being recorded late Saturday night. The […]
by US Immigration Attorney Dwayne Braithwaite There was once a conundrum in United States (US) immigration laws regarding non-resident fiancés of US citizens. A non-resident fiancé who intended to obtain legal permanent resident (LPR) status based on his or her eventual marriage to his or her US citizen fiancé would have been at odds with […]
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