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, the PPP and PNC+AFC are working diligently to blacken the eye ...

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 principles of international law will respect the conspicuous bullying of the ...

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 Coast Berbice, was charged and arraigned on January 10, 2024, five ...

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 for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba”, the Venezuelan government has acted ...

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 an injunction would be sought along with a new court case. ...

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 imply the consent of Venezuela or the recognition of the jurisdiction ...

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 the judicial proceedings and comply with the Court’s rulings, and therefore ...

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 home at about 3:30 Sunday afternoon.  “The body (of the woman) ...

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 Harbour Bridge out of service,” Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said. ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is ready to assist a broad cross section of Guyanese understand the various aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) protection, amid observations that local IP laws are outdated. “Unfortunately, like everything else, laws tend to lag at issues and one of the areas in which the law is lagging is in terms of ...