By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2025
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The teenage girl who is facing 20 murder charges in relation to the deadly Mahdia School Dorm fire, will now have to face a jury trial after Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce found that there is enough evidence against her to stand trial in the High Court. The teen was 15-years-old when she was charged in […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2025
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A search is ongoing to locate the body of Police Lance Corporal, Jermaine Batson, who is feared to have drowned in a boat incident that took place in the Puruni River, Mazaruni on Tuesday, the same day that he was celebrating his birthday. According to reports, Lance Corporal Batson was in the company of another […]
By News Source Guyana on February 19, 2025
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The Government of the Dominican Republic has expressed its interest in exploring Guyana’s Berbice offshore oil block, as well as developing a potential new refinery and urea plant, President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, announced on Tuesday. Speaking during the opening of the Guyana Energy Conference at the Marriott Hotel, the Dominican Republic President […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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While offering praise to the members of the Guyana Defence Force who defended themselves and Guyana’s territory when they came under fire from armed men on the Venezuelan side of the Cuyuni river, the opposition People’s National Congress Reform today called on the Government to urgently review and ramp up Guyana’s security and defence arrangements […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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United Nations (UN) Guyana, in partnership with the Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), has launched the Just Energy Transition Seed Funding Initiative, which is aimed at advancing Guyana’s transition to a low-carbon transportation sector by promoting electric vehicles and expanding renewable energy infrastructure. Addressing the launch at UN […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, this morning summoned the Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Carlos Perez, to condemn and demand redress for yesterday’s armed attack on a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) supply vessel navigating in Guyanese waters between Eteringbang and Makapa. The attack, by a group of heavily armed men firing on the GDF […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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Former President of Colombia, Ivan Duque sees Guyana as not just an “energy powerhouse”, but also a “green superpower”. He made the comment while speaking at the opening of the Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo at the Marriott Hotel. The former Colombian President said with vast rainforest, low deforestation rates and a wealth […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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At the opening of the Guyana Energy Conference this morning, President Irfaan Ali announced that Guyana is currently finalizing a multibillion dollar investment deal with a US company that will see cheaper refined energy products being made available to Guyana and possibly stored here. Speaking before local and international delegates, the President said the strategic […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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Senior Government sources have revealed that Guyana has received information from neighbouring Venezuela that at least three of the suspects in the shooting of six Guyana Defence Force soldiers in the Cuyuni river have been arrested and are now in the custody of the Venezuelan military. The men were reportedly arrested by the Venezuelan military […]
By News Source Guyana on February 18, 2025
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By Svetlana Marshall As investigations continue into the shooting of six members of the Guyana Defence Force by members of a suspected Venezuelan gang in the Cuyuni River, President Irfaan Ali today said the Government of Guyana is taking the attack on the country’s military men “seriously.” On the sidelines of the Guyana Energy Conference […]