By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2015
News, Politics
The Government of Venezuela has now taken issue with Guyana’s decision to gazette the regulated coordinates for the Essequibo river. On Thursday, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge announced in the National Assembly, the coordinates for the river baselines for the three main rivers being regulated and gazetted. But the Venezuelan government has rejected […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2015
News, Politics
After distancing himself from his former bodyguard of four days, former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has now declared that the man’s arrest was “much ado about nothing”. The former bodyguard, Rajput Narine, was arrested by the police as they widened their investigations into the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing who was gunned down in […]
By News Source Guyana on August 1, 2015
News
Police investigators were called early this morning to the East Coast Demerara village of Montrose after the lifeless body of seventy-six -year old Carmen Ganesh was found sprawled on her kitchen floor with a wound to the head. Investigators suspect that the woman was murdered during a home invasion. There are reports that she may […]
By News Source Guyana on August 1, 2015
News, Politics
(Trinidad Express) TRINIDAD and Tobago and Guyana have agreed to a Joint Commission to initiate and oversee collaboration in construction, education, business and other areas where it would be mutually beneficial to deepen ties. The Office of the Prime Minister, in a release yesterday on the visit to T&T by Guyana President Brig David […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2015
News, Politics
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban-Ki-Moon and President David Granger held a telephone conversation on Thursday about the ongoing controversy involving Venezuela’s claims to Guyana’s territory and maritime area. The teleconference was a follow up of the meeting between the two which took place on the margins of the Conference of Heads of Government […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The National Assembly has suspended the annual recess which Members of Parliament (MPs) enjoy annually, to make provisions for the presentation of the 2015 National Budget and the consideration of the estimates of revenue and expenditure that follows. Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge moved the motion which suspended Standing Order #9 of the Parliament. Standing Order […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2015
Caribbean & International
A further five former Chilean army soldiers have been charged over the burning of two teenagers during a 1986 protest against the military government of Gen Augusto Pinochet. A total of 12 people have now been charged with setting Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Quintana alight with gasoline. Mr Rojas later died of his injuries in […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Cleaning up the polluted bay where sailing and windsurfing competitions will be held at Rio 2016 remains a serious challenge, the International Olympic Committee president has said. Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported seeing pollution including furniture and floating animal carcasses. Nearly 70% of sewage in the Brazilian city is spilled raw into its […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2015
Caribbean & International
(Bloomberg) Venezuelan soldiers seized a food distribution center rented by companies including Nestle SA, PepsiCo. Inc and Empresas Polar SA in Caracas as the government looks to boost support ahead of elections. The companies were given two months to remove equipment and stock at the La Yaguara industrial park, which will be converted to social […]
By News Source Guyana on July 30, 2015
News
A suspected bandit was shot dead by the Police at #61 Beach in Corentyne, Berbice on Wednesday just after he robbed two men of their money, jewellery and mobile phones. According to a police report, just after the incident occurred around 2:45pm, ranks on patrol caught up with the bandit and his accomplice but came […]