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The Guyana Government has welcomed the statement issued yesterday by the United Nations Security Council on Venezuela’s promulgation of a new law, which purports to incorporate more than two-thirds of Guyana’s sovereign territory into Venezuela. In their statement, the Members of the Security Council reminded the parties of their obligations to comply with the Order […]
The members of the United Nations Security Council have urged Guyana and Venezuela to exercise maximum restraint, reminding the two countries of their obligations to comply with the Order of Provisional Measures issued by the International Court of Justice in December 2023. Last week, the UN Security Council met and discussed Venezuela’s latest actions to […]
Two young men from Corentyne, Berbice were charged today with the murder of 52-year-old Ninawattie Nandalall, who was a domestic worker in the same Corentyne village. The woman’s lifeless body was found last Thursday morning in the backdam of Number 0 village, Corentyne. A post mortem examination revealed that she had been strangled and also […]
Three days after 36-year-old Amaiziah Hohenkirk was stabbed to death during a row over a damaged speaker box, a Tucville woman and her son have been charged for the man’s murder and remanded to prison. 42-year-old Alicia Edmonson, and her 22-year-old son, Malachi Kennedy appeared in Court today to face the indictable murder charge. Appearing […]
A woman, who has been identified as Doreen Haynes of Golden Grove, lost her life this afternoon in an accident that was caught on camera in Water Street, Georgetown. The video recording showed the woman standing on the outside of a parked pick-up talking to someone on the inside, when as the truck drove pass […]
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council is now grappling to find short, medium, and long term solutions, as more businesses have secured Court orders for the removal of vendors from around their premises. Earlier this month, the City’s Town Clerk (ag), Candace Nelson ordered the immediate removal of all vendors operating in the vicinity of […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has once again criticized the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the Guyana Government and Oil Company ExxonMobil signed under the APNU+AFC administration. However, he said while the contract is lobsided, the Government will ensure it maximizes all possible benefits from it. On the question of re-negotiation, the AG again stated […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today warned that its officers are not currently involved in any field exercise and therefore citizens on should be careful with providing information to persons who are visiting their homes and claiming that they are attached to the Elections Commission. In a statement, GECOM said it is in receipt of […]
Police and mining investigators have traveled to the Puruni Backdam in Region Seven to probe a tragic mining pit collapse, which took place on Sunday and claimed the life of 47-year-old gold miner, Stephen Mark Samuel. A Police statement on the tragedy indicated that Samuel was working in the pit at around 4 o’ clock […]
22-year-old Nicholas Whyte of Shell Road, Kitty in Georgetown, was remanded to jail today after pleading not guilty to trafficking 52-pounds of marijuana. The youth appeared in Court this morning before Senior Magistrate, Clive Nurse. During the appearance, the Prosecutor told the Court that the man was intercepted by a Police patrol on Saturday night […]
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