News

Cuban national shot dead at Queenstown workplace

A 23-year-old Cuban national, who was working as a janitor at a business place in Queenstown, was shot dead on Sunday morning at the same business place. The dead youth has been identified as Daninier Vegas Infante. He reportedly resided in Alexander Village. The entire incident was captured on the surveillance cameras at the business […]

Guyana dismantles Venezuela’s “myths” about its claim to Essequibo in ICJ hearing

Guyana dismantled Venezuela’s “myths” underpinning its claim to the Essequibo, telling the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today that the Bolivarian Republic, in its submissions to the Court, has failed to provide “contemporaneous evidence” to support its claims and has instead opted to “misconstrue” both the 1897 Treaty of Washington and the 1966 Geneva Agreement. […]

Court of Appeal overturns High Court ruling on unlimited guarantee for liability related to ExxonMobil Guyana

The Guyana Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the 2023 ruling of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s Order for Exxon Mobil Guyana to provide an unlimited guarantee for liability. The Court of Appeal also overturned Justice Kissoon’s Order that the Environmental Permit issued to Exxon Mobil be suspended until Exxon provided the unlimited guarantee. In the High […]

26 graduate from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme

After seven months of extensive training in Banking Operations and Office Procedures, 26 young professionals have graduated from Republic Bank’s Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme. At the graduation ceremony held on Wednesday, the Youth Link Apprentices were each presented with a Caribbean Vocational Qualification Banking Operations Level 1 Certification. The certificate was approved by the Council […]

Guyana to deliver second round of arguments in border case on Friday

Guyana is set to deliver its second round of oral arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case brought against Venezuela on Friday. Amid increasing acts of aggression, and the unfounded claims to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory by Venezuela, Guyana has asked the ICJ to affirm the legal validity and binding effect […]