Last Updated on Monday, 4 December 2023, 7:58 by Denis Chabrol Guyana will champion the Commonwealth Living Lands Action Group on sustainable green cover and biodiversity, committing itself to lead coordinated efforts across the 56 Commonwealth member countries, the Commonwealth Headquarters said in a statement. The announcement comes after a Commonwealth event in Dubai on 3 December 2023 during the United ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 December 2023, 22:39 by Denis Chabrol Lea la versión en español debajo del informe en inglés. As Venezuelans were awaiting official results of a referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo County, authorities in Georgetown denied claims by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez that a group of persons lowered Guyana’s flag and hoisted Venezuela’s. “It is not true,” ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 December 2023, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton’s office on Sunday maintained that chicken was being smuggled into Guyana from neighbouring Suriname and has gone as far as identifying two vehicles that were allegedly involved in the movement of more than 50,000 pounds of the meat. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture’s release of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 December 2023, 10:45 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus There comes a time in every nation’s history when all the people raise their heads high into the heavens, anticipating, knowing, something definitive is happening. We are in such a moment now in the face of foreign aggression. And so, on this day ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 December 2023, 9:56 by Denis Chabrol ver la versión traducida por Google debajo del inglés As Venezuelans were voting in Sunday’s referendum, President Irfaan Ali issued an open appeal to Venezuelans not to be part of a plan to seize Guyana’s Essequibo county in clear violation of international law. “I want to speak directly to ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 December 2023, 0:12 by Denis Chabrol The Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday denied accusations by the Opposition Leader’s Office that he was involved in smuggling chicken from neighbouring Suriname, and provided proof that the importation of the meat was approved to ease the shortage of that locally produced protein source and stabilise prices. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 December 2023, 21:21 by Writer by GHK Lall There is something in the air that introduces edginess. Something is not smelling right. The atmosphere has a taste that’s strange; it is not quite metallic, but there is an acidic strain about it. It has to do with the good, ole U.S. of A. I am ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 December 2023, 21:29 by Writer Guyana’s Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony and the Ministry of Health on Saturday hailed the contributions of former Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Americas, Dr Carissa Etienne who passed away suddenly on Friday. “The Minister of Health, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2023, 16:22 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday demanded that Venezuela comply with an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning Guyana’s Essequibo County stemming from its December 3 referendum. “The Court’s Order reinforces the fundamental principle of international law, enshrined in the UN (United Nations) and OAS (Organisation ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2023, 16:03 by Denis Chabrol Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland on Friday said they were worried that Venezuela would disobey the World Court’s order and go ahead with Sunday’s referendum that could set the stage for the seizure of Guyana’s Essequibo County. “While all states are encouraged to consult their citizenry, the Commonwealth ...