Politics

US Development Bank eye investment opportunities in Guyana

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 […]

Government fires entire SARA staff and dismantles agency

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 […]

PNC Chairperson Volda Lawrence granted $100,000 station bail

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 […]

Tourism Ministry admits to calling Police on former PS

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 […]

Legal Source: The B2 Visitor Visa

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 […]