By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2023
News, Politics
Prime Minister of Guyana, retired Brigadier Mark Phillips, has informed South American leaders that Venezuela’s planned referendum could jeopardise the stability in the region. Venezuela is moving ahead with its planned referendum on the 3rd December, seeking to boost its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region. While addressing the inaugural South American Dialogue Meeting between Defence […]
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2023
News, Politics
Senior military officials from the Guyana Defence Force and the Brazil Armed Forces are meeting in Guyana for their 26th Regional Meeting of Military Exchange. The meeting is being hosted at a time when there is heightened tension at Guyana’s border with Venezuela, owing to a build-up of Venezuelan troops and a planned referendum by […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2023
Caribbean & International, News
The main opposition party in Barbados, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), today expressed great concern that the Government in Barbados has not yet expressed its full support for Guyana in the current border controversy with Venezuela. Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Motley in a statement over the weekend said Barbados and the rest of CARICOM stand […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2023
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is pleading with Guyanese at home and abroad to be mindful of the posts they are sharing and making on social media regarding the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. He has explained that some social media posts could lead to unnecessary confrontations and stir up people’s emotions. On his […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana has seen a reduction in the importation of mercury for mining purposes, according to the Head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Department of Environment and Guyana Focal Point for Minamata Convention, Darcy Waldron. While speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Gold Mining in Guyana Environmental and Human Health Considerations […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2023
News
Police investigators have traveled to the East Coast Demerara village of Unity in Mahaica to probe the murder of a 38-year-old woman. The lifeless body of Chooromanie Tulsie was found this morning in the lower flat of her two-storey house. The body was found on the floor with a cloth stuffed in the woman’s mouth […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
Crime, News
The driver who sped through a traffic light and slammed into two police officers at a road block, killing one and critically injuring the other, was today charged with motor manslaughter and remanded to prison. The accused, Fitzroy Aulder, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The Prosecutor told the Court […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
More than five months after Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George found that Attorney Tamieka Clarke’s fundamental rights to personal liberty were breached by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) when she was arrested while advising her client to remain silent, SOCU has apologized to the Attorney. “Pursuant to a directive contained in the Order of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
News, Politics
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly continues to find it challenging to get some former Public Officers to appear before the Committee to account for their spending of government funds under their watch. The Committee has announced that it is now in the process of drafting legislation that it hopes will […]
By News Source Guyana on November 21, 2023
News, Politics
The General Council Meeting of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) ended on Sunday with no clear indication of a timeline or date for the party’s Biennial Delegates Congress. This December will mark two years since the last Delegates Congress and Elections took place. In September, the Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton assured that […]
