Venezuela objects to Guyana regulating the coordinates for the Essequibo river

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 […]

Fmr. bodyguard’s arrest was much ado about nothing -Anil Nandlall

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 […]

Elderly woman found murdered in East Coast House

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 […]

UN Secretary General and President Granger hold telephone conference on Venezuela controversy

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 […]

Parliamentary recess suspended to make way for Budget

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 […]