Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 9:33 by Denis Chabrol A Royal Navy patrol ship will be sent to Guyana in a show of British support for the Commonwealth country, the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper reported. The South American country is in a dispute with Venezuela over a mineral-rich border region. HMS Trent will take part in joint exercises ...
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AG declines to speak on legality of Guyanese police officer participating in delivering summonses to Rickford Burke in US
Last Updated on Friday, 22 December 2023, 22:38 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday declined to comment on whether the Guyana government obtained permission from the United States (US) for a Guyana Police Force (GPF) officer to be involved in the service of summonses to anti-government activist, Rickford Burke at his Brooklyn, New York residence. Asked whether ...
Read More »Bouterse sentenced to 20 years in prison on appeal
Last Updated on Friday, 22 December 2023, 11:56 by Denis Chabrol By Ivan Cairo Paramaribo – Desi Bouterse, former coup leader, ex-commander and ex-president, was Wednesday sentenced for the third time to a twenty-year prison term for his part in the controversial multiple murder of fifteen men on December 8, 1982. No detention has been ordered against him. After being ...
Read More »Antigua police probing fraudulent airline tickets to Guyana
Last Updated on Friday, 22 December 2023, 11:34 by Denis Chabrol Antigua and Barbuda police are currently investigating two separate reports of fraudulent activity involving a travel agency supposedly operating on Old Parham Road after two persons bought non-existent tickets to travel to Guyana, Antigua Observer reported Friday. According to the first report, the victim purchased three airline tickets, collectively ...
Read More »Guyana to strengthen its military capability
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 December 2023, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is planning to boost its defence capability, but Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that decision was not linked to most recent threats by Venezuela’s to annex the county of Essequibo. “We have to spend more on defence, on ensuring that we grow our capability to protect ...
Read More »US EXIMBANK poised to approve US$660 million for gas to shore project- Jagdeo
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 December 2023, 17:16 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the United States’ Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) would approve an application for US$660 million to finance the construction of the Gas-to-Shore natural gas-fired electricity and liquids plants at Wales, West Bank Demerara. He said he received “assurance” from the President and Vice President ...
Read More »Jagdeo says Rickford Burke was properly served summonses; police, govt silent on key questions
Last Updated on Friday, 22 December 2023, 22:41 by Denis Chabrol Even as the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana government on Thursday remained mum on a series of questions related to the service of summonses to New York-based Guyanese anti-government activist Rickford Burke, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the fugitive was properly served at his Brooklyn residence. “By the ...
Read More »OPINION: The power of positioning: Guyana won, Venezuela lost
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:56 by Writer by GHK Lall I admit to a sense of awe. If it were not for its mental deformity, it would have been a thing of exceptional beauty. I point to and speak of the PPP Government machinery. It is supposed to be working for the national interest, through accentuating the ...
Read More »OPINION: Hon. Anil Nandlall has it right on ExxonMobil-Maduro dynamic
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:45 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus In a recent letter to the editor, Mr. Christopher Ram suggested commentators express opinions for the good of the order. The comment was made in the context of some caution provided by Hon. Anil Nandlall (SC), Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. Mr. ...
Read More »Some City Hall workers could be laid off next year
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:34 by Writer A number of Georgetown City Council workers could be laid off next year and others would be required to perform multiple functions as part of a staff restructuring exercise, City Mayor Alfred Mentore told a council meeting on Wednesday. “Those matters in itself we will look at and we will ...
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