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Guyana’s main opposition party, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic which up to a few weeks ago formed the government, is making it clear that its position of standing firmly against any aggression from Venezuela has not changed. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee who once served as Guyana’s Foreign Minister told a Monday morning press conference at […]
Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday issued a statement denouncing the Presidential Decree by Venezuela’s Nicolas Muduro in which he is attempting to extend Venezuela’s maritime zone into waters that belong to Guyana. The extension covers an area in Guyana’s Stabroek Block where U.S oil Company – ExxonMobil – announced recently that it has encountered […]
The Guyana Government has granted permission for Venezuelan flag carrier, Conviasa Airlines to make a single flight to Guyana to pick up stranded Venezuelan passengers. The passengers were left stranded at the Cheddi Jagan Airport following the decision of the government to suspend the airline’s service to Guyana because of its non-payment of a bond to […]
A Jamaican national who has been fingered in the death of well-known East Coast resident, Manu Durant, has been arrested and is being questioned by the police. The man was arrested over the weekend in the bordering region of Eteringbang in the Essequibo region. It is believed that he was attempting to cross over into […]
Police investigators rushed to the North Sophia area just before 10 o’ clock on Sunday night following a shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. The dead man has been identified as Colin Kendall aka “Bow”. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after he was rushed there by friends. Another […]
A Linden man, who has been identified as 18-year-old Reagan Richards, was shot dead on Sunday night after he overpowered a policeman and shot the policeman to the head in the Wisroc Police Outpost. Reports out of Linden suggest that the policeman was about to place Richards in the lockups when he was suddenly attacked […]
Over 40 Venezuelan passengers have been left stranded in Guyana following a decision by the Guyana government not to allow Venezuelan state-owned airline, Conviasa Airlines to land in the country over the non-payment of its bond. But the decision of the Guyana government may also be linked to the recent decree issued by the Venezuelan President, claiming […]
Rising political star and APNU Member Sharma Solomon is likely to be replaced as the Regional Chairman for Region #10. News Source understands that former Member of Parliament for the APNU, Renis Morian who served in the 10th Parliament, has been earmarked as the new Chairman for the bauxite rich region. Solomon served as the […]
A bandit was shot dead on Saturday and one of his accomplices badly injured after they robbed a businessman of his jewellery. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon outside a snackette at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. According to a police report, the businessman who is the holder of a licensed firearm, […]
Venezuela is making new claims to this Guyana’s territorial waters which include the Stabroek Block where US oil company, ExxonMobil recently announced it had found significant deposits of oil and is pushing ahead with its exploration activity. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on May 27, 2015 issued a decree, extending Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s territorial waters. […]
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