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By Svetlana Marshall International Relations Expert, Guyanese Professor, Dr Mark Kirton today called on the regional body, CARICOM, to go beyond issuing statements on Venezuela’s threats against Guyana and to convene an urgent meeting of Heads of Government to get them to pledge their unequivocal support for Guyana, ahead of the upcoming Venezuelan referendum on […]
The Opposition, APNU+AFC, complained today that despite an agreement with the Guyana Government that the two sides will confront Venezuela as one, the Government seems disinterested to engage the Opposition on crucial matters in relation to the ongoing border controversy. During a Press Conference today, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton said the Government appears to want […]
A US-based Guyanese man and another man who is resident in Guyana, were charged on Wednesday in connection with the shipment of several guns and a quantity of ammunition in a barrel from the US to Guyana. Appearing before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, 56-year-old Atlanta, Georgia resident, Andrew Fraser and 33-year-old Guyhoc Park resident, Reyon Williams, […]
Vice President Bharratt Jagdeo has announced that high-level officials from the US Department of Defence will be arriving in Guyana next week, as Guyana moves to enhance its Defence co-operation with bilateral partners in wake of increased threats from Venezuela. While repeatedly emphasizing the importance of maintaining peace within the Region, the Vice President said […]
By Svetlana Marshall Citizens across the country continue to reject Venezuela’s claims to Guyana’s Essequibo Region, with many of them reminding that the border dispute was settled more than 120 years ago. Between the early holiday shopping period, several persons shared their views on the rising of the tensions on the controversy with News Source […]
Executive Director of the Amerindian People’s Association, Jean La Rose, has made a plea for the Indigenous communities that border Venezuela to be kept up-to-date via official channels of communication. She acknowledged that because some of the residents in those communities do not speak English, many of them are becoming even more fearful. The APA […]
With many residents in the neighbouring communities with Venezuela expressing fear in wake of that country’s planned referendum claiming two-thirds of Guyana, President Irfaan Ali flew into Mabaruma this morning, accompanied by the top brass of the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force to reassure those residents that all will be well. The […]
The Ministry of Housing has launched a probe into allegations that a number of its staff members have been involved in a “bribe for house lot” scam. Over the past number of days, several allegations have been leveled by persons on social media against Ministry of Housing staffers. In some of the claims, persons alleged […]
Prime Minister of Guyana, retired Brigadier Mark Phillips, has informed South American leaders that Venezuela’s planned referendum could jeopardise the stability in the region. Venezuela is moving ahead with its planned referendum on the 3rd December, seeking to boost its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region. While addressing the inaugural South American Dialogue Meeting between Defence […]
Senior military officials from the Guyana Defence Force and the Brazil Armed Forces are meeting in Guyana for their 26th Regional Meeting of Military Exchange. The meeting is being hosted at a time when there is heightened tension at Guyana’s border with Venezuela, owing to a build-up of Venezuelan troops and a planned referendum by […]
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