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Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George on Thursday said Guyana’s electoral laws are “all over the place”, hinting at the need for further amendments to correct many of the troubling and confusing issues. “The election laws are all over the place. It is very hard to manage, to navigate them,” she said. Justice George made the […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has hailed the visits of three US Secretaries of State to Guyana over the past five years, boasting that the visits have signaled the US confidence in the Guyana Government. Since 2020, US Secretaries of State, Mike Pompeo, Anthony Blinken and Marco Rubio have visited Guyana. During his weekly Issues in […]
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the United States Navy are conducting a joint exercise offshore Guyana, the United States Embassy in Georgetown has announced. The U.S. Navy cruiser USS NORMANDY and the Guyana Defence Force patrol vessel SHAHOUD are conducting joint exercises in international waters and within the Guyana Exclusive Economic Zone to exercise […]
Guyana has made a call for there to be a reformed and adaptable United Nations (UN) peace operations architecture, citing increased conflicts globally. At a UN Security Council meeting, Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, noted that the maintenance of international peace and security remains a core function of the United […]
President Irfaan Ali today made it clear that there will be no dialogue with Venezuela under duress. Speaking at the Commissioning of a new Guyana Defence Force Air Corps hanger at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle, the President said Venezuela continues to defy the letter and spirit of the Argyle Declaration and provisional […]
In wake of the recent escalation of tensions between Guyana and Venezuela, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said the Guyana Government remains steadfast in its position that the border controversy with Venezuela should be resolved peacefully. However, he said the increasingly aggressive posture of Venezuela is concerning. Mr. Jagdeo said while efforts are ongoing for […]
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has announced that its Prime Minister and Interlocutor of the Argyle Declaration between Guyana and Venezuela, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has traveled to Venezuela to meet with Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, on the tensions with Guyana over the border controversy. In a statement this morning, the St. Vincent […]
During a recent engagement with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Private Sector Commission of Guyana drummed up the country’s economic growth and told the visiting team that unemployment in Guyana “is largely voluntary”. Guyana’s unemployment rate hovers around 12%, and with the growth of the economy and the oil and […]
Surinamese Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin, was today elected as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) replacing Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro. Ramdin is the first leader from CARICOM to be elected as OAS Secretary General and will serve in that position until 2030. He previously served the OAS as an Assistant […]
Guyana has filed a request with the International Court of Justice seeking provisional measures to block Venezuela from moving ahead with its plans to host elections for a Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo region. In a statement this morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Essequibo remains an integral part of Guyana’s national territory, […]
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