Guyana will warn the rest of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) that Venezuela’s recent unilateral extension of its maritime boundaries takes in the sea space of several Caribbean islands when regional leaders meet from Thursday in Barbados for their annual summit. Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carl Greenidge told AFP that his country would provide hard evidence to other member-states to prove ...

by Zena Henry Government has approved over $6M to aid the two-year long defunct Linden Legal Aid Clinic. The announcement was made by Minister of State Joseph Harmon who expressed Cabinet’s intention to upkeep the subvention- based agency. Harmon said a “spirited” representation was made by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence as she requested the $6,350,000 that was granted ...

Cabinet has approved a US$100,000 grant to the Iwokrama International Center for Rainforest Conservation, following an appeal made by the Minister of Governance with Responsibility for the National Patrimony Raphael Trotman. This will be used to address what was described by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon as the organisation’s, “very sorry situation”. Minister Harmon, at his weekly post-Cabinet briefing today, ...

by Zena Henry The government is adamant that Guyana is a “law abiding” country and eagerly wants to honour outstanding payments due to two large companies in Trinidad, and Suriname after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) found that Guyana breached Caribbean trade rules. Two major decisions staring Guyana are rulings in favour of the Trinidad and Tobago Cement Limited ...

by Zena Henry If former People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud would like to get paid, he would have to show the government details of consultancy work done under the previous administration where he was awarded multi-million dollar contracts for this service. Minister of State Joseph Harmon said that government is concerned about the way contracts were ...

Guyana’s President David Granger intends to aggressively make a case to colleague leaders of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) that Venezuela’s latest act of unilaterally extending its maritime boundaries will affect regional peace and security. Caricom leaders are due to hold their three-day annual summit in Barbados from Thursday, July 2 in Barbados. Minister of State in the Ministry of the ...

by Zena Henry Government is probing the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Natural Resources as it tries to recover more than GUY$1 million dollars in “free fuel,” reportedly drawn by former government personnel or associates of the previous administration. This was stated by Joseph Harmon, Minister of State, when he held Cabinet’s weekly ...

Guyana’s Land Registrar, Juliet Sattaur has been sent on leave with effect July 1, 2015 to pave the way for a probe, according to Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon. “The Land Registrar has been sent on leave to facilitate an investigation into the Land Registry and certain financial matters at the Land Registry,” he ...

Across the 10 Administrative Regions, today, elections were conducted to elect regional chairpersons, deputy regional chairpersons and councillors to serve the respective regions. The officials are usually sworn-in to their positions by the President. Each region is administered by a Regional Democratic Council (RDC) which is headed by a chairman who along with his deputy and councillors are elected after ...