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President Irfaan Ali has ordered a full and complete investigation into the circumstances surrounding the early release of convicted murderer, Bibi Gopaul, who was jailed for the 2010 murder of her teenage daughter Neesa Gopaul. Gopaul was quietly released weeks ago following the reduction of her time behind bars based on the questionable calculations put […]
The US Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is continuing its support of Guyana’s health sector. Newly appointed US Ambassador Nicole D. Theriot has handed over 13 solar-powered vaccine refrigerators to the Ministry of Health. The pieces of equipment, which are valued at US$160,000, will be used in health care centers […]
Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai has indicated that Indigenous Guyanese, particularly those residing in the North West District near the border with Venezuela, have found themselves living in fear amid the build-up of Venezuelan military troops close to the Guyana border. While rejecting Venezuela’s claims to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory, Minister Sukhai told the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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