The Guyana government on Wednesday rebuked Venezuela’s government and an opposition coalition for formally agreeing to unite around their country’s longstanding claim to the Essequibo Region an oil-rich swath of neighboring Guyana. “That agreement is an overt threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana,” government said in response to the accord signed by the administration of President Nicolas ...

Five residents of Buxton were late Tuesday night robbed of cash, jewellery, cellular phones by six gunmen and an unarmed woman at Ital Shop, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, police said. Investigators were told that at about 10:20 PM the the victims were at the said Ital food shop watching television while playing a game of cards. “The victims were then approached ...

A 15-year old boy and a 23-year old man, who allegedly robbed several persons near the Demerara Harbour Bridge earlier Wednesday morning, were arrested in Costello Housing Scheme and Albouystown with cash and other items suspected to have been been stolen, police said. A motorcycle believed to have been used in committing the robbery was detained by police. Police said ...

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Tuesday night issued a call for its members to go on a three-day strike from Wednesday to protest the lockout or removal of teachers from schools because they are not vaccinated or do not have a negative COVID test. “The Guyana Teachers Union is not against vaccination. We are against forced vaccination. We are against ...

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party on Tuesday slammed the Irfaan Ali-led administration for doling out billions of dollars in actual cash seemingly without any accountability. “Money should not be taken from the State coffers in the haphazard way that we have seen,” ANUG said in a statement. That party, which is part of a joinder seat with ...

Venezuela’s government and an opposition coalition have formally agreed to unite around their country’s longstanding claim to an oil-rich swath of neighboring Guyana, Argus Media reported. Under the first partial accord signed yesterday, the parties came together around Venezuela’s historical claim to what it calls the Guayana Esequiba, territory which includes offshore oil acreage controlled by Guyana. An ExxonMobil-led consortium is currently ...

The Chairman of the Region Four Council, Daniel Seeram on Tuesday morning accused the central government of imposing a 2022 budget on the region at the last minute,  but the Regional Executive Officer Donald Gajraj said there is proof that the Chairman knew two months ago that budget has to be prepared. Mr. Seeram said councillors are “always in the ...

Draft legislation for the reform of Guyana’s electoral machinery is with the executive of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), but there is no immediate time-frame when it would be circulated for public consultation, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Monday. “It is with the party leadership and I suppose after that process is completed, then the party will engage in public ...

President Irfaan Ali on Monday scolded the Guyana Police Force for doing a poor job in maintaining its fleet of vehicles, in an address at the handing over of a fleet of 50 new pickups worth more than GY$200 million. “I want to be frank with you. We support the work of the police force and will provide it with ...

Well-known Anglican priest, Father Derek Goodrich died Monday morning in England. He was 94 years old. He was Dean-Emeritus of St. George’s Cathedral, and recipient of the Golden Arrow of Achievement. In his autobiography Derek writes that, among other things, he baptised over three thousand, presented three thousand eight hundred for Confirmation,  and married some nine hundred and fifty couples. ...