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May 22, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5648" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hundreds of customers gather yesterday at the front of the passport office to process their documents before a May 26 rise in application fees that was later pushed back to June 1.[/caption] MAYHEM erupted yesterday at the office of the Passport, Immigration...

Opposition party planning country-wide protests in Guyana

May 21, 2015 in Regional

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The main Opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) maintaining that the May 11 regional and general elections had been flawed, says it plans to embark on country-wide protest action. In a statement, the party is also claiming that the international observers, who...

‘Buju was pressured’

May 20, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption] ROSEMARY Duncan, coordinator of the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee, says the incarcerated reggae artiste was "pressured into an agreement" to drop any further appeals. Buju Banton (given name Mark Myrie) is currently serving a mandatory 10-year sentence in a Georgia...