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(BBC) The Miss Venezuela beauty pageant is being suspended after allegations of sexual favours and financial corruption emerged online. Former Miss Venezuela participants have accused other contestants of receiving money from businessmen and government officials in exchange for sexual favours. Casting for Miss Venezuela and Mister Venezuela has now been suspended. The competition has announced […]
(BBC) Peru’s Congress has sworn in the Vice-President, Martín Vizcarra, to replace the sitting president who resigned amid allegations of corruption this week. Mr Vizcarra is expected to serve out Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s term, which ends in 2021. Speaking after the ceremony, he said tackling corruption would be a priority for his government. But he also […]
(BBC) The snap presidential election in Venezuela scheduled for 22 April has been pushed back by a month, the National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced. The CNE said the poll would now be held on 20 May. The move came after an agreement was reached between the government and a small number of opposition parties. […]
Internationally recognised Diplomat and Guyana’s main legal advisor on the Guyana/Venezuela territorial controversy, Sir Shridath Ramphal, has indicated that whatever decision is handed down by the International Court of Justice on the Guyana/Venezuela controversy will be legally binding. Speaking to journalists during a break at the Oil and Gas Summit in Georgetown on Wednesday, Sir […]
The inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit opened this morning at the Georgetown Marriott, with a call for more Guyanese businesses to prepare themselves for the benefits that the oil sector will offer. Delivering the feature address, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, told the more than 700 delegates gathered that the time is now […]
Guyana Goldfields Inc. is getting ready to invest more than US$120 million into its operations at Aurora for underground mining. At a media brief on Sunday, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Scott Caldwell, announced a move by the company that will see underground mining for gold, for the first time in Guyana. The CEO said […]
The Government of Venezuela has rejected the decision by the Secretary General of the United Nations to refer the territorial controversy case to the International Court of Justice. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Caracas said it prefers another shot at the Good Officers’ Process. “It is worth asking the reasons that the International Court […]
The Government of Guyana has welcomed the decision of the Secretary General of the United Nations to refer the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement issued this afternoon, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Guyana has always held the view that the ICJ is the appropriate forum […]
The United Nations Secretary General has informed the Government of Guyana through the Guyana Ambassador to the United States that the UN has decided to refer the settlement of the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy to the International Court. A number of senior government and diplomatic officials have confirmed the decision to News Source. President David Granger […]
Guyana’s leading conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, has recorded profits of $4.2 billion for 2017 and is now making moves to get its products on more of the Caribbean markets. At the company’s annual general meeting on Saturday, shareholders were told that Banks DIH products can now be found across the United States, particularly in New […]
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