A businessman and his wife were Monday night robbed of two guns, GYD$10 million and jewellery by three Venezuelans who escaped by boat to Imbotero near the border with neighbouring Spanish-speaking nation, Guyanese police said. The robbery victims are 56-year old Elroy Allam and his 22-year old reputed wife, Shonna Campbell, of Waterfront, Port Kaituma, North West District. They told ...

Several more Guyanese police officers have moved to the High Court to challenge their being bypassed for promotion because of pending disciplinary proceedings against them. Added to Senior Superintendent Calvin Brutus  are now Inspector Prem Narine, Deputy Superintendent Ravindra Stanley, Assistant Superintendent Shevon Jupiter, officers Dennis Stephen, Hugh Winter and Monica Washington. However, Attorney General Anil Nandlall told the Chief ...

Citing reduced demand for oil due to the coronavirus and a slump in international prices, the United Kingdom (UK)-based non-governmental organisation, Global Witness, has withdrawn its report titled Signed Away  that had estimated that Guyana would lose at least US$55 billion from the oil deal with ExxonMobil. “Moreover, since publication, oil prices have dropped by more than a third. As ...

Canada on Monday expressed  concerned about Venezuela’s decision to unilaterally extend its maritime boundary to include all of sea and submarine resources offshore the Essequibo Region “Venezuela’s recent claim that it has sovereignty over the area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast is concerning,” the Canadian government said in a tweet. Canada urged Venezuela to stick with the International Court of ...

Top officers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were Monday grilled about glaring discrepancies concerning the use of vehicles and high maintenance costs, including GYD$8 million that was spent on repairing one vehicle every month during 2016. “Additional time would definitely give us an opportunity to peruse all documents and even interface a little bit more with the State auditors ...

Guyana’s bipartisan House Foreign Relations Committee will Monday meet to be briefed by government on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, despite a brouhaha over the venue. Minister of Governance and Parliamentary  Affairs, Gail Teixeira said the meeting would go ahead at 1 PM. “We are not rescheduling the meeting. It will go on at 1 pm,” she said. This was after ...

The United States (US) on Sunday endorsed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to settle the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, in the face of calls by President Nicolas Maduro for bilateral talks to resume as a means of settlement. Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak said his country ...

2021 came with a lot of renewed hopes for sports and sporting men and women; lots of federations, associations, clubs and organizations have begun training and a have hosted a few events subject to the approval from the government. One such body which had the privilege to host an event was the Kashif and Shanghai organization with their ‘bounce back’ ...

The number of persons, who have died from the coronavirus, has risen to 169, the Health Ministry said in Sunday. The Health Ministry says two persons have died while receiving care at a government health facility. They are a 58-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) and a 39 year old man from Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni). Yesterday, the Health ...

By GHK Lall It is with considerable interest and alarm I read the headline only of the article captioned, “Venezuelan Maduro vows to “reconquer” Essequibo; makes new decree” (KN January 9).  My alarm at this latest neighborhood jarring should be that of all Guyanese; it is a wakeup call, definitely a timely and most needed one. First, I must give ...