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
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 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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
Caribbean & International, Crime, News, Politics
A Guyanese man who was held at New York’s JFK Airport with more than 4 pounds of cocaine in his suitcase back in 2018, has filed a multi-million lawsuit against Caribbean Airlines after investigators concluded that the cocaine was placed in his bag after he checked it in. 50-year-old Simeon Wilson traveled from Guyana to […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health recorded Guyana’s 103rd Coronavirus related death. The latest fatal victim was a 61-year-old woman in Region One (Barima-Waini) who passed away at her home. She tested positive for the virus after she died. The death of the woman took the total number of deaths in the month of October […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
News, Politics
Already facing private criminal charges filed by People’s Progressive Party Member Charles Ramson Jr. in relation to alleged fraud at the March elections, Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform Volda Lawrence will face new questions by the Guyana Police Force as part of its probe. The Guyana Police Force has indicated that it intends […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2020
News, Politics
The Governments of Guyana and Suriname are moving full steam ahead with plans to bridge the Corentyne river between the two countries. On Saturday, Guyana’s Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill and Suriname’s Minister of Public Works Raid Nurmohamed planted the flags of Guyana and Suriname at the demarcation for the bridge in Berbice and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana reached the grim milestone of more than 100 Coronavirus deaths today as four persons lost their battle against the disease, taking the total number of deaths to 102. All four of the victims who died were men with the youngest being 28-years-old and the oldest being 57-years-old. The four men are from Regions 2, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2020
News, Politics
As the government moves ahead with the reopening of the country, it is pushing for all public servants to return to their jobs full time, effectively ending a rotation and shift system that was put in place in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo seen by News Source, staff members of the Local […]