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AFC demands Government provide real figures on growing number of Venezuelan migrants in Guyana

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is again raising concern over the number of Venezuelan migrants in the country, suggesting today that the electoral process could also be compromised. The AFC’s concerns were heightened following this week’s Parliamentary Sitting, where Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn could not verify the figure that he had presented to the […]

Guyana urges Venezuela to respect rulings and orders of International Court of Justice

Despite participating in the current process before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and in response to the ICJ’s ruling on Thursday which ordered Venezuela to refrain from its planned elections for a Governor of Essequibo later this month, the Venezuelan Government today rejected the ruling. In a statement, Venezuela called the provisional measures issued […]

Opposition Leader to formally write Government requesting international probe of Adriana Younge’s Death

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton intends to formally write the Government requesting an international probe into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, even as his party – the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) holds discussions with its coalition partners to devise a strategy to hold the authorities’ feet to the fire to ensure that […]

Political and Civil Society Group intensifies call for international probe ofAdriana Younge’s death

A number of political parties and civil society actors today dismissed a report from President Irfaan Ali that 11-year-old Adriana Younge did not die from “forceful drowning” as they demanded an international probe into her death. Exactly one week ago, Adriana went missing during a family outing at the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen on […]

Independent probe and not local police probe must be conducted into Adriana Younge’s death -Norton

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is demanding that the Guyana Police Force stays away from investigating the death of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge, as he called for the family’s request for an independent international probe to be honoured. At a press conference this afternoon Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo could not directly say whether there will be an […]