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Last Updated on Friday, 31 March 2023, 15:01 by Denis Chabrol The United States Embassy in Guyana on Friday announced an increase in fees for non-immigrant visas. Following is the full statement: The Department of State published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees. Effective May 30, 2023, the fee for visitor visas for ...

Last Updated on Friday, 31 March 2023, 12:04 by Denis Chabrol Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye on Friday surrendered to police and was immediately cited for breaching Guyana’s Racial Hostility Act. Except for a few WPA executive members, no members of the public,  known People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members or civil society activists were present outside ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2023, 20:41 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday justified government’s decision to sell the Marriott Hotel now, saying that it would be better to sell that “profitable” facility now before it faces competition from seven hotels that are being constructed. “Now, it will be best to sell the Marriott off. You ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2023, 19:15 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the United States embassy’s security alert to Americans  in Guyana as a result of a threat to US interests is “serious” but he declined to divulge details. “I don’t want to speak about it but it is a serious matter. It is ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2023, 17:23 by Denis Chabrol The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Thursday stopped short of saying outright that its executive member Tacuma Ogunseye would surrender to police who want him in connection with several offences including exciting racial hostility earlier this month. “He is not going to go into hiding and he is not ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2023, 11:40 by Denis Chabrol Weeks after Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye made controversial remarks expecting support from the Afro-Guyanese dominated police and army should there be mass protests by Afro-Guyanese against alleged discrimination, police on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin. Police said is wanted for “several serious offences” and attempting ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 March 2023, 13:10 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force’s Facebook page has been recovered, almost one day after it was hacked and removed, according to a well-placed source. The Police Force’s Public Relations Unit did not release any information about the disappearance and reappearance of the page which has almost 83,000 followers. That Social ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 22:31 by Denis Chabrol The American Embassy in Guyana on Wednesday said it has tightened security and put Americans here on alert because of threats that have been issued. “Out of an abundance of caution, we want to inform U.S. citizens that the embassy has increased security protocols due to receiving threats against ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 22:08 by Denis Chabrol Though Guyanese police were yet to question executives of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) about controversial remarks that appear to encourage police and soldiers not to clamp down on anti-government street protests, Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday interpreted  them as a plot to topple the People’s Progressive Party ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 20:19 by Denis Chabrol The United Kingdom’s (UK) trade with Guyana last year reached its highest value of more than 1 billion pounds sterling, largely due to the South American nation’s sale of crude oil to that European country, latest figures show. Britain’s Department for Business and Trade’s latest fact sheet dated March ...