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Venezuela’s latest claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region formed part of discussions yesterday between President Irfaan Ali and the Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States when they met in New York. Two weeks ago, the Venezuelan Government and Opposition agreed to maintain the neighbouring country’s claim over Essequibo, triggering an immediate response and rejection of […]
The Venezuelan Government and Opposition have taken an official decision to unite around the country’s claim of Guyana’s Essequibo region, prompting the Government of Guyana to again reject the claim. There are reports that the Venezuelan Government and Opposition have signed an accord maintaining the neighbouring claim over Guyana’s Essequibo region, a claim which has […]
While Guyana’s Ministry of Health is yet to confirm the presence of the highly contagious Delta variant of Coronavirus in the country, the Ministry of Health in neighboring Trinidad has reported that a passenger who arrived in the country from Guyana recently has tested positive for the Delta variant. The person is now in isolation […]
(BBC) The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been hospitalised after being injured at a protest against a proposed vaccine mandate. Ralph Gonsalves was walking through a crowd outside parliament when he was reportedly hit in the head by a stone. Images show the prime minister bleeding as he was rushed away […]
Former President David Granger has condemned the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse. The Haitian Leader was attacked by a group of armed men who stormed his private residence in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince early this morning. In a statement, Mr. Granger, who hosted Mr. Moise, at State House when he was President described the Haitian […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan has hailed the two United States Congressmen who recently publicly urged the Guyana government to ensure that every citizen benefits from the country’s oil wealth and encourage the government to include the Opposition in key decision making. On Wednesday Democrat congressman, Hank Johnson issued a call for […]
A young Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal lost his life by drowning on Saturday after a boat with soldiers capsized in the Urara Creek in Region 9. A statement from the GDF said Lance Corporal Barrington John was among a group of soldiers being withdrawn from the GDF Observation Post at Karasabai while during an […]
CARICOM Leaders have agreed to appoint longtime Belizean Diplomat, Dr. Carla Barnett as the new Secretary General of the regional body. Dr. Barnett will be the first woman to lead the 47-year-old organisation. At a special meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government this morning, Dr. Barnett emerged as the unanimous choice. She replaces Ambassador Irwin […]
In wake of the Guyana Government’s condemnation of an incursion by Venezuelan Fighter jets over Eteringbang, Region 7 on Tuesday, the Venezuelan government is rejecting the claims and is now accusing Guyana of making false accusations. “The Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela vigorously rejects the inaccuracies and […]
Guyana has formally dispatched a protest note to the Government of Venezuela registering its condemnation of the violation of Guyana’s sovereignty with a flyover in the Eteringbang area by Venezuelan fighter jets. The Venezuelan Ambassador was summoned to a meeting yesterday with Foreign Minister Hugh Todd and presented with the protest note. On Tuesday, two […]
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