By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
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With the Guyana Power and Light Company still facing a shortfall in power generation and the availability of power to meet peak demand, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, is assuring the business community that the power company and the government are doing their best to limit and manage the ongoing power […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
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As a member of the United Nations (UN), Venezuela by virtue of the Charter of the United Nations, is bound by the decisions of the UN and by extension, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Attorney General Anil Nandlall said as he stood in support of the Motion in the National Assembly denouncing Venezuela’s planned […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
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While not calling her by name, Guyana’s Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday chided Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley over her recent statements on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy. At a Party Congress Meeting in Barbados, the Prime Minister made reference to the border controversy, describing Venezuela as a “good sister” to Barbados, while calling on […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
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Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has described Venezuela as “a regional bully” for its ongoing aggression towards Guyana and its planned referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo region. On Monday evening, the National Assembly passed a Resolution denouncing as provocative and unlawful, the December 3 Referendum planned by Venezuela. “The 1899 Arbitral Award was the basis […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2023
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Guyana’s Minister of Governance and one of the longest serving Members of Parliament, Gail Teixeria today said that the current threats coming from Venezuela is the worst that Guyana has ever seen. During a contribution to the Extraordinary Sitting of the National Assembly on the Border Controversy, Minister Teixeira said Venezuela continues to advance its […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2023
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Advisor on Borders and Guyana’s Co-agent in the border case against Venezuela, Carl Greenidge has indicated that Guyana stands ready to defend its request for the ICJ to block Venezuela from including any question in its planned referendum on the border controversy, that infringes on Guyana’s territorial integrity. Mr. Greenidge who is a former Vice […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2023
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Opposition spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, has proposed that the Government and Opposition work on introducing legislation to the National Assembly that would regulate the influx of Venezuelan migrants in Guyana. Contributing to the debate today at the Extraordinary Sitting of the National Assembly to affirm Guyana’s Essequibo region, MP […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2023
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Representative of the three-party Joinder list and Deputy Speaker, Dr. Asha Kissoon, today condemned the “continued contemptuous claims” by Venezuela of Guyana’s Essequibo region. Lending her voice at the Extraordinary Sitting of the National Assembly on the border issue, Dr. Kissoon condemned the planned Venezuelan referendum. “For the thousands of people at home, what Venezuela […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2023
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By Svetlana Marshall Describing Venezuela as a “tyrant” and the only country that is threatening the peace of the region, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd opened the Extraordinary Sitting of the National Assembly on the border issue this morning, by asserting the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which established the boundary between Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on November 5, 2023
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The Guyana Power and Light Company intends to go after persons who damage its infrastructure and transmission lines Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar said legal actions will be taken against those causing damage to utility poles and other GPL infrastructure. “We are charging them now, and we are making sure that […]