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The former Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force turned himself into the Police for questioning today after a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest last week. The former SOCU Head, Sydney James was questioned and granted station bail in the sum of $300,000. He is expected to return […]
Civil Society group accuses gov’t of constitutional violation over granting of large contracts with no procurement commission in place The recently formed civil society group, Article 13, has taken the government to task over what it sees as the government’s failure to constitute a long list of constitutional and statutory offices for the smooth functioning […]
The United States Embassy in Georgetown was forced to scale down many of its visa services when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Guyana in March 2020. While the embassy never closed its doors or operations, it started to limit appointments for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas. In the past few months, the embassy has slowly been […]
Filling the void left by LIAT Airlines which stopped flying the Guyana route more than a year ago, the Turks and Caicos-based InterCaribbean Airline will begin its service between Guyana and Barbados in December. The airline which already flies to 26 other Caribbean destinations has a fleet of 14 aircraft and intends to play a […]
The new regulations for international travel to the United States are set to take effect from Monday, 8th November 2021. Under the new US regulations, only persons who are fully vaccinated with vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) or the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be able to board a plane […]
Four of the top five Guyanese students at the CSEC examinations are from Queens College, the Ministry of Education revealed today. The CSEC exams were topped by Queens College student, Sarena Razak who gained 19 Grade Ones, 2 Grade Twos, and 1 Grade three. She was closely followed by schoolmates La Shea Patoir and Zaynab […]
The Government of Guyana has settled all Court matters against Digicel outside of the Court, weeks after filing criminal and civil proceedings against the company and its Chief Executive Officer. Back in September, civil proceedings were filed against Digicel and its CEO over a series of breaches that were uncovered by the Telecommunications Agency. […]
Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon has expressed his displeasure over the government’s updated COVID-19 measures, specifically the reduction of the curfew hours in light of the increasing number of COVID cases in the country. Mr. Harmon said with the death toll now nearing 1000 it was expected that measures would be tightened up. “The government has […]
High Court Judge Justice Franklyn Holder has ruled that the consideration and approval of the budget proposals for Constitutional agencies in September last year were unlawful. APNU+AFC Member of Parliament David Patterson had filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General and Minister of Finance seeking a declaration that the consideration and approval of budget proposals […]
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon has issued a call for an independent body to be set up to select the next Chief Elections Officer, pointing out that a number of the persons who have applied for the position are non-starters and ought not to be seriously considered for the job. During a press conference this afternoon, […]
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