Government heads to arbitration in multi-million dispute with gas-to-energy project contractor

The Guyana Government has decided to go to arbitration to resolve a multi-million-dollar dispute with the company constructing the gas-to-energy project at Wales. The contractor, Lindsayca/CH-4, had moved to a Dispute Adjudication Board after it could not resolve a stalemate with the Government of Guyana over the sum of US$50 million that the company claimed […]

St. Vincent PM foresees tensions remaining between Guyana and Venezuela even after ICJ decision

The interlocutor of the Argyle Declaration that was reached between Venezuela and Guyana, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, foresees ongoing tensions over the Essequibo region, even after the International Court of Justice, (ICJ) delivers its judgement in the case currently before it. Speaking on his weekly radio programme on […]

Guyana seeks International Court order to block Venezuela’s plans to host elections for Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo

Guyana has filed a request with the International Court of Justice seeking provisional measures to block Venezuela from moving ahead with its plans to host elections for a Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo region. In a statement this morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Essequibo remains an integral part of Guyana’s national territory, […]

KLM Airlines set to begin Guyana operations in June

Officials of the Government met and held discussions today with officials from KLM Airlines as the company gets set to begin its schedule operations to Guyana in June. The KLM team included its Regional Manager Dirk Buitelaar, the Country Sales Manager for Suriname and Guyana Nalini Kanhai, and Sales Manager for Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, […]

Retired GDF Chief of Staff calls for increased budget spending on Guyana’s defence

Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Dr. Gary Best believes Guyana has got to do more than investing in diplomacy to hold off Venezuela’s ongoing acts of aggression. Appearing on the Nation Watch television programme one day after the incursion of a Venezuelan military vessel in Guyana’s waters near the oil ships, […]

Chief Justice quashes GGMC and Natural Resources Minister’s shut down orders against two small miners

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George on Tuesday made several orders against the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, setting aside their directives against two small miners for 32 gold claims. Justice George ruled that the miners Milton Brandford and Ayudhia Narine were the lawful owners of 32 gold […]

Uncertainty lies ahead for uninsured Mae’s School

As the investigations continue into this morning’s devastating fire that gutted the 33-year-old Mae’s Private School, the administration of the school has revealed that the building which housed the various levels of the school was uninsured. The school’s administration explained that the building was in the process of being insured, but the documentation was not […]

Education Ministry to accommodate displaced Mae’s students at public schools

The Education Ministry has announced its full support to ensure that the students of Mae’s School, which was gutted by fire this morning, will be accommodated at public schools to continue their education seamlessly, especially those preparing for the NGSA and CXC examinations. Education Minister Priya Manickchand was at the scene this morning as firemen […]

Mae’s Private school gutted by early morning fire

Parents rushed back to the Mae’s School in Subryanville this morning as a massive fire engulfed the school’s wooden building. Many parents had already dropped their children off at the school early. The Fire Service was summoned just at around 8 o’ clock this morning as an alarm was raised. Students who were already in […]