By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
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Guyana has signaled its intention to no longer support the United Nations Good Officer Process as it moves forward and looks for a resolution to Venezuela’s illegal claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s maritime space. Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge made the disclosure at a Monday morning briefing. His statement is in response to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, this morning denied that the party has identified former Attorney General Anil Nandlall as its nominee for Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. At his regular Monday morning press conference at Freedom House, Mr. Rohee said a report which appeared in the Guyana Times naming […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
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An early Sunday morning fire completely gutted the Chinese General Store in the old AH&L Kissoon’s building at the corner of Robb and Camp Streets, leaving nothing but ashes and millions of dollars in losses behind. The fire service was summoned to the scene just after 2:00am according to eyewitnesses who reported seeing the blaze […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force reported late on Saturday that there were 79 murders committed across Guyana between the January and the end of June for this year and one other murder recorded for the month of July so far. There were 69 murders during the first six months of the year in 2014. The Force […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
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(TeleSUR English) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent a letter Friday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking the U.N. chief to appoint a new Good Officer to diplomatically address the Venezuela-Guyana territorial issue. “As it is public knowledge, the new Government of Guyana has ignored, the entry into force of the 1966 Geneva agreement, showing a stubborn and ambivalent attitude and has inflicted serious […]
By News Source Guyana on July 11, 2015
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President David Granger left Guyana early this morning for Ethiopia where he will attend a series of meetings as part of a United Nations conference on financing to realize the new Sustainable Development Goals. The President is being accompanied by his Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge and a number of other senior government officials. Mr. Granger […]
By News Source Guyana on July 11, 2015
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Members of the Guyana Bar Association are lobbying for tighter security for judicial officials, following the home invasion and brutal beating of a Judge and her family on Thursday. The Association in a statement on Friday said its members are both shocked and saddened at the brutal attack on Land Court Judge, Nicola Pierre and […]
By News Source Guyana on July 11, 2015
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The Ministry of Education on Friday presented awards to the top performers at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). The award ceremony was held at the Princess Hotel and was well attended by parents, teachers, Regional Education Officers, and senior functionaries of the Ministry. The simple ceremony celebrated the achievements of the students and […]
By News Source Guyana on July 11, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger has called on the newly elected Regional Chairpersons and their deputies to be regional leaders and not “party chairmen”. On Friday, the officials were sworn in before President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency. Those sworn in as Regional Chairpersons are: Brentnol Ashley, Region One; Devanand Ramdatt, Region Two; Julius A […]
By News Source Guyana on July 10, 2015
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is not happy with the change of government in Guyana and believes that Guyana’s new President, retired Brigadier David Granger, has come to office to provoke Venezuela and divide the Caribbean. In a wide ranging interview with TeleSUR English TV network in Caracas on Thursday, Mr. Maduro complained of the position taken […]