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Unfazed PNC Leader sees recent resignations as non-issue

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton, today downplayed any impact from the recent resignations of longtime party members Amna Ally and Vanessa Kissoon. He said the party continues to see new members being added to its roll. In the case of former General Secretary, Amna Ally, Mr. Norton said she has […]

Norton calls for significant boost of Guyana’s military amidst Venezuelan aggression

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton believes Guyana must significantly boost its military strength and capabilities amid increasing acts of aggression from neighbouring Venezuela, which continues to lay claim to parts of Guyana’s territory. Within a period of five years, Venezuela has built a bridge on Ankoko Island, conducted a referendum on the Essequibo Region […]

Government heads to arbitration in multi-million dispute with gas-to-energy project contractor

The Guyana Government has decided to go to arbitration to resolve a multi-million-dollar dispute with the company constructing the gas-to-energy project at Wales. The contractor, Lindsayca/CH-4, had moved to a Dispute Adjudication Board after it could not resolve a stalemate with the Government of Guyana over the sum of US$50 million that the company claimed […]

St. Vincent PM foresees tensions remaining between Guyana and Venezuela even after ICJ decision

The interlocutor of the Argyle Declaration that was reached between Venezuela and Guyana, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, foresees ongoing tensions over the Essequibo region, even after the International Court of Justice, (ICJ) delivers its judgement in the case currently before it. Speaking on his weekly radio programme on […]

Guyana seeks International Court order to block Venezuela’s plans to host elections for Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo

Guyana has filed a request with the International Court of Justice seeking provisional measures to block Venezuela from moving ahead with its plans to host elections for a Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo region. In a statement this morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Essequibo remains an integral part of Guyana’s national territory, […]

KLM Airlines set to begin Guyana operations in June

Officials of the Government met and held discussions today with officials from KLM Airlines as the company gets set to begin its schedule operations to Guyana in June. The KLM team included its Regional Manager Dirk Buitelaar, the Country Sales Manager for Suriname and Guyana Nalini Kanhai, and Sales Manager for Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, […]

Retired GDF Chief of Staff calls for increased budget spending on Guyana’s defence

Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Dr. Gary Best believes Guyana has got to do more than investing in diplomacy to hold off Venezuela’s ongoing acts of aggression. Appearing on the Nation Watch television programme one day after the incursion of a Venezuelan military vessel in Guyana’s waters near the oil ships, […]