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The Maritime Administration Department is among a number of agencies that have responded to an oil spill from a bulk carrier vessel, which is docked at the Demerara Sugar Terminal Wharf. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon. The vessel was at the Ruimveldt port to load rice when the spill occurred, and was reported. A […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo contends that the Opposition has not been completely locked out of power, however, he believes power sharing at the level of the Executive requires “trust.” Mr. Jagdeo addressed the issue of “shared governance” at his Thursday press conference in direct response to a recent column written by former Auditor General, Anand […]
Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Omar Khan, could not say when the report into the deadly December 2023 Helicopter crash that killed members of the military will be released. The Guyana Defence Force conducted its own investigations in addition to the investigations that were carried out by the Guyana Civil […]
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has increased its operational posture and will continue with its routine patrol along the Guyana- Venezuela border in the Cuyuni River, Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan has said. Guyanese soldiers have come under fire from the Venezuelan side of the border in recent months with the most recent […]
The Guyana Government has registered its protest with Venezuela over the latest attack on Guyanese soldiers by gunmen on the Venezuela side of the border in the Cuyuni River. The attacks took place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Guyana Defence Force reported that none of the soldiers suffered any injuries. The GDF soldiers were conducting […]
While maintaining its support of the Guyana Defence Force, the case before the International Court of Justice and the position that the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela has long been settled, the opposition People’s National Congress today assailed the Government over what it considers to be its poor handling of the increasing acts of […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority, (GRA) today filed a criminal case against sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed, accusing him of making a false declaration in relation to the undervaluing of a luxury Lamborghini vehicle. The GRA said it has been provided with documents which point to Mr. Mohamed paying more than US$600,000 for the vehicle in 2020, […]
The Georgetown Public Hospital has called in the Police after a woman appeared in another section of the media and falsely claimed that she lost twins at the Georgetown Hospital and the dead babies were disposed of without her knowledge. In a statement this afternoon, the Georgetown Hospital said after the story aired on a […]
High Court Judge Gino Persaud this afternoon threw out an application by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for its latest Affidavit in Defence, which includes “proof of purchase costs” for a luxury vehicle imported by Azruddin Mohamed, to be deemed properly filed. In the Court document filed last evening by the GRA, the tax authority […]
During a recent meeting in St. Kitts/Nevis, CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations urged Venezuela to comply with that Order of the International Court which recently reaffirmed its previous order that instructed Venezuela to refrain from taking any action that would modify the status quo in the Essequibo, where Guyana currently administers and exercises […]
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