Last Updated on Sunday, 18 December 2016, 2:20 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and Venezuela Friday night welcomed the decision by outgoing United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to give the two neighbouring South American countries one more year to resolve their border controversy through mediation. However, Guyana and Venezuela continue to differ over whether the matter should be ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2016, 23:12 by Denis Chabrol ​The United Nations Secretary General has decided to give mediation in the Guyana- Venezuela border controversy one more year. If it fails, the matter will be taken to the International Court of Justice also known as the World Court. Following is the full text of the statement from the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2016, 18:45 by Denis Chabrol Commissioner- General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Godfrey Statia on Friday refuted claims by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo that several parliamentarians have been politically targeted by being issued property tax demand notices. “I would like to assure the Opposition Leader that if there was any political intervention, any targeting, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2016, 17:16 by Denis Chabrol Suriname’s President, Desi Bouterse and the President of Guyana, David Granger on Friday agreed to appoint a high-level representative who will conduct shuttle diplomacy to resolve several areas of concern. “We have agreed to a mechanism in which the different issues that will be brought up or have been ...

Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse is seen on the saluting dais with President David Granger at the Ogle International Airport.

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2016, 0:04 by Denis Chabrol Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga says central bank’s figures do not show any evidence of dirty money being passed through the financial sector. “We don’t know about any dirty money,” he told a news conference when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. Ganga said the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2016, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol The eGovernment Agency’s Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) is expected to be officially opened in February, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Representatives from the Agency, the High Commission of India, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Public Telecommunications and board members of the National Data Management ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2016, 22:47 by Denis Chabrol Suriname’s President, Desire Delano Bouterse is Friday expected to pay an official visit to Guyana to continue talks that first held with President David Granger six months ago. The Ministry of the Presidency said Bouterse’s  visit is a follow-up to one paid by Granger to Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname on July ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2016, 17:11 by Denis Chabrol –Outgoing Deputy Mayor did not fully understand Council’s rules- Mayor Chase-Green Georgetown’s Deputy Mayor-elect, Lionel Jaikarran on Thursday vowed moments after he was elected to stick to his stance on a number of issues that are before the Council, even as his predecessor Sherod Duncan forecasts a rough road ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2016, 18:14 by Derwayne Wills Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green will once again serve as Mayor for one year from March 2017 after winning by default in an election which saw Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan withdrawing his candidacy for mayorship. Duncan had come out to be critical of the Mayor’s actions in office, even calling ...