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Guyana’s Attorney General, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall, in his address to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday said “clarity” and “specificity” in the Court’s ruling on the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award are vital to the effective resolution of the longstanding controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. “Any ambiguity or qualification in the […]
A 23-year-old Cuban national, who was working as a janitor at a business place in Queenstown, was shot dead on Sunday morning at the same business place. The dead youth has been identified as Daninier Vegas Infante. He reportedly resided in Alexander Village. The entire incident was captured on the surveillance cameras at the business […]
During the closing arguments by the Guyana team in Guyana’s case against Venezuela at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Guyana’s Counsel Professor Pierre d’Argent on Friday told the Court that Venezuela’s main point, which it advanced before the Court on Tuesday, was already frowned upon by the very C ourt. Guyana wants the International […]
More than 100 pounds of cocaine was seized along with an UZI firearm and ammunition on Friday during an operation by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit in Corriverton Berbice. Two men, identified as Ravindra Sanakumar and Amrishkoemar Mathoera, were arrested during the operation and are expected to face drug trafficking and other charges. In a […]
Cuba’s Ambassador to Guyana, Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, has indicated that his country stands willing to continue medical cooperation with Guyana and other countries in the Caribbean, but he explained that in the case of Guyana, the failure to conclude a new agreement resulted in the withdrawal of the Cuban Medical Mission here. “We were […]
The Guyana Power and Light Company has signed a US$27.3 Million contract with PowerChina International Group for the engineering, procurement and construction of a 60 MWh / 30 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), along with associated substation expansions and systems integration. Under the project, two 30 MWh / 15 MW lithium-ion battery systems will […]
Guyana dismantled Venezuela’s “myths” underpinning its claim to the Essequibo, telling the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today that the Bolivarian Republic, in its submissions to the Court, has failed to provide “contemporaneous evidence” to support its claims and has instead opted to “misconstrue” both the 1897 Treaty of Washington and the 1966 Geneva Agreement. […]
The Guyana Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the 2023 ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s Order for Exxon Mobil Guyana to provide an unlimited guarantee for liability. The Court of Appeal also overturned Justice Kissoon’s Order that the Environmental Permit issued to Exxon Mobil be suspended until Exxon provided the unlimited guarantee. In the High […]
A 14-year-old student of a secondary school at Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo was taken into custody on Thursday following the stabbing of two other boys from the same school. The incident took place on Thursday morning. The two injured boys were rushed to the emergency room at a nearby hospital, and are […]
After seven months of extensive training in Banking Operations and Office Procedures, 26 young professionals have graduated from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme. At the graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, the Youth Link Apprentices were each presented with a Caribbean Vocational Qualification Banking Operations Level 1 Certification. The certificate was approved by the Council […]
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