Last Updated on Thursday, 11 April 2024, 17:57 by Writer The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday unanimously supported respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law, at a closed door meeting that Guyana requested to address Venezuela’s moves to possibly seize the Essequibo Region. “I think Venezuela found it hard to find a friend,” a source told Demerara ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Blackouts are again in the spotlight, and Guyanese are again roused to wrath.  It is not easy to be operating in the dark, praying that the li’l food would stay healthy in the blistering heat.  While this is reality, there is that other one: once again, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 22:48 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus The so-called Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba passed in Venezuela on April 3, 2024, is null, void, and dead upon arrival in Guyana, in the Caribbean, and in the international community. No country in the world that accepts the basic ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 17:22 by Denis Chabrol The driver of a truck belonging to an Indian construction company, which slammed into a police vehicle and injured the current Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Chief, Superintendent Mahendra Singh last year, has been charged with dangerous driving. The driver, 29-year old Romel Benjamin of  15 Lovely Lass Village West ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 April 2024, 21:38 by Denis Chabrol The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is Tuesday set to discuss Venezuela’s latest effort to lay claim to the Essequibo Region, a move that the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is worried that could lead to physical action against Guyana. CARICOM said that in its adoption of “the Organic Law ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 April 2024, 20:16 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Monday ordered the recently-elected 12-member Management Committee of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) to take up office and so replace the Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin-led previous committee. “We are addressing that with our lawyers,” she told Demerara Waves Online News when asked if ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 April 2024, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol The Venezuelan government on Monday defended its decision to submit its main arguments to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the border dispute with Guyana, saying it does not change its position of non-recognition of that United Nations (UN) judicial body. “The delivery of this document does not ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 April 2024, 13:38 by Denis Chabrol Despite last year’s questionable referendum that rejected the International Court of Justice as the means of settling the border controversy, Venezuela has submitted arguments to the World Court. The Guyana government on Monday welcomed Venezuela’s decision to do so. “Guyana has repeatedly called on Venezuela to participate fully in ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 April 2024, 7:26 by Denis Chabrol A saleswoman of Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara was killed and her husband committed suicide, leaving behind a note that implicated the woman in being unfaithful. The body of 56-year old Sarah Bacchus-Arjoon and her husband, 69-year old Khemraj Arjoon were found by their 13-year old daughter when she returned ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 April 2024, 23:00 by Denis Chabrol A tug and a barge on Sunday drifted and struck the Demerara Harbour Bridge, resulting in the deployment of emergency workers but officials said the movement of vehicles across the east-west thoroughfare would not be affected severely. “Yes, there has been an incident. It has not put the Demerara ...