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By Svetlana Abrams Although threatening to take legal action against the government for blocking an amnesty intended to rake in millions of dollars in rates and taxes for the City Council, the Mayor of Georgetown Alfred Mentore today said he is open to having discussions with the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, and Local Government Minister […]
The Government of Guyana has approached the International Court of Justice in an effort to block a number of questions in Venezuela’s upcoming referendum on the border controversy, that seeks to solidify the country’s claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region and make the Essequibo a new Venezuelan state. Guyana currently has Venezuela before the International Court […]
Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley has hailed the role of the African Export-Import Bank for its contribution to the development of the Caribbean region. Speaking during the second AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum at the Mariott Hotel in Guyana on Monday, the Prime Minister said that the Bank stepped in to help the region during […]
The Afri-Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum opened this morning at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel bringing together hundreds of delegates from across the Caribbean and Africa. At the opening, President Irfaan Ali called for increase trade relations between Africa and the Caribbean, explaining that such an activity between the two regions will solidify relations and correct […]
Declaring that the planned referendum by the Venezuelan government on Guyana’s Essequibo region, poses a clear and present danger to the territorial integrity and national security of Guyana, retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Dr. Gary Best is urging the Government to immediately put a cap on the number of Venezuelan migrants/refugees […]
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) will hold its long-overdue General Council meeting in mid-November, and at that meeting, party officials are expected to deliberate on a schedule for the party’s Biennial Delegates Congress to elect a new leadership. In a correspondence seen by News Source, PNCR General Secretary, Dawn Hastings-Williams, urged all party officials […]
Decked in a Military-style field cap and a Mao suit, President Irfaan Ali, on Friday night addressed residents of Essequibo and assured them and the rest of Guyana that the Government will not be surrendering an inch of Guyana’s territory to Venezuela. Venezuela has been continuing its claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region and has planned […]
Guyana’s National Assembly will meet next Friday morning for an ‘extraordinary’ sitting, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs said today. The Notice which was sent to Parliamentarians early today, stated that the urgent sitting of Parliament is to consider a motion in relation to the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. The Parliamentary […]
Led by businessman and newspaper owner, Glen Lall, a large group of concerned citizens picketed outside the President’s Office this morning, demanding a renegotiation of the oil contracts with the ExxonMobil company and calling for the removal of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. “This is not a race issue, this is a national issue, we want […]
Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall, has asked the Inter- Parliamentary Union to condemn the actions of Venezuela in relation to Guyana’s Essequibo region, and demand that Venezuela respects the legal process of the International Court of Justice. Attorney General Nandlall who is attending the 147th meeting of the […]
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