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Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton accused the Government of acting in a “reckless” manner by agreeing to have a British Navy vessel visit Guyana weeks after the Argyle Declaration, which was intended to ease tension between Guyana and Venezuela. In response to the vessel’s presence in Guyana, Venezuela has dispatched more than 5000 soldiers […]
The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has explained that when he posed for a photograph back in December 2022 at a Venezuelan embassy event in St. Vincent, he was unaware that he was standing behind a floral depiction of the map of Venezuela that included the Essequibo region. Venezuela […]
International carrier, American Airlines, will be adding an additional daily flight to its Guyana route from June of this year. The airline currently operates two daily flights between Guyana and New York and Miami. The additional flight is likely to be added to the Georgetown-Miami route since there continues to be increased travel to and […]
Guyana’s new Ambassador to Venezuela, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, will travel to the neighbouring country next week to present his Credentials to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. During an interview with News Source this morning, Dr. Van-West Charles, said he is looking forward to taking up his role in Venezuela to address certain crucial issues. […]
Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues today said although the Ministry of Housing received numerous complaints about corrupt land transactions in 2023, it was only able to terminate the service of a single employee, due to the lack of concrete evidence to support the other allegations. Together with the Minister of […]
With a total of 28,368 house lots allocated in the past three years, the Central Housing and Planning Authority is pushing to have infrastructure works completed to allow persons to gain access to those lots to begin construction. At press conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC)today, the Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal […]
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has announced that it managed to dispose of 221 cases last year. Of that amount, the DPP chambers said ,153 of the cases received attention in the High Courts in Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo, while 58 matters were not prosecuted by the DPP. Of the 153 […]
Despite its many troubles over the year, the sugar industry managed to record a 28% increase in sugar production last year, when compared to the 2022 figures. However, production still remains lower than the production figures of 2020. At a weekend press conference, the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said the industry is performing better, […]
The Ministry of Public Works has revealed that there were no major breaches to the country’s sea and river defenses last year. Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill is crediting increased monitoring and maintenance of structures across the shore lines as the reason for no major breaches taking place. During last year, Mr. Edghill said 5.5 […]
With another withdrawal of $31.6 billion in December from the country’s Natural Resource Fund, the government has taken its total withdrawal from the oil fund to $208.4 Billion for 2023, the Ministry of Finance has said. The Finance Ministry said the withdrawals are in keeping with the Parliamentary approval given to access the fund last […]
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