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, 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 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 […]