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President David Granger will head to Parliament on Thursday, July 9 to address the House on the Venezuelan decree and Guyana’s response. During his address, the President is expected to inform the nation and the international community on Guyana’s updated position on Venezuela’s ongoing threats. President Granger recently returned from Barbados where he spoke extensively on the issue […]
Less than 24 hours after the PPP released its list of candidates who have been selected to serve as Members of Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has indicated to the People’s Progressive Party that he will be unable to join the party as one of those Members of Parliament. According to reports, […]
Former President Donald Ramotar who served as the Presidential Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic at this year’s elections, has brushed aside concerns about his absence from the party’s list of representatives for the National Assembly and has declared that he does not intend to seek office in the future unless it is “absolutely necessary”. […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party has finalized and released its list of parliamentary representatives and the list does not include former President and the PPP’s Presidential Candidate at the May 11 elections, Donald Ramotar. The party made no mention of Ramotar in its release late Tuesday. However, former President Bharrat Jagdeo, who has been tipped […]
The Venezuelan government has withdrawn the No. 1787 decree which coveted Guyana’s oil rich maritime space but has replaced it with a new one which does not have any defining coordinates. According to reports in the Venezuelan media, the new decree No. 1859 poses no decision on land issues and is intended to support and […]
The Guyana Government has reacted with little worry over what seems to be a toughening of Venezuela’s position over its claim of Guyana’s territory with the recall of its resident Ambassador on Monday and the re-examination of its diplomatic relations Guyana. In a Tuesday morning interview, Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge said the move by President Nicolas […]
Former Minister with responsibility for public security under the previous government, Clement Rohee has shot down the move by the current administration to impose the 2am curfew on bars and nightclubs. Rohee reasoned that the imposition of the curfew would be an attack on Guyanese culture. “This country is very open and relaxed and I […]
Police in Berbice are investigating the shooting and robbery of a Canje Businesswoman who is now in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital. According to a police report, just around 7pm last evening, the businesswoman 39-year-old, Angela Hussain, was in her shop when five men, armed with firearms and cutlasses, entered and held her […]
President David Granger will this morning meet with leading government ministers and his security team to look at ways of tackling the current crime problem in the country. The Ministry of the Presidency has announced that the President will today meet with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, Minister of State […]
Venezuela appears to be toughening its position on Guyana as the government of Guyana continues to rally the support of the international community and they are all condemning Venezuela for its latest claim to Guyana’s territory. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has now recalled his Ambassador to Guyana for consultations and has also decided to trim the […]
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