Defence

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said government was talking with the United States (US)-headquartered aviation company, Bell, to buy four helicopters for the Guyana Police Force and Guyana Defence Force as part of moves to boost the country’s defence capacity. “The army recapitalisation is a significant part of this budget too. There are significant expenditures here to expand the ...

The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for the Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of Defense, Daniel P. Erikson will travel to Guyana from January 8 – 9, as the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) continues to boost its capacity in the context of regional stability, the American Embassy here said. “It signifies the importance of the bilateral defense ...

An airman of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Air Corps will participate in a 17-month long course in the United States to increase his knowledge and proficiency in the field of military aviation, the American Embassy here said at the weekend. Lt. Kevin Wills’ participation in the course reflects the GDF’s deep commitment to upholding the rule of law, protecting ...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Thursday said he did not know that a paper-based object that had been placed before him by an official of the Venezuelan Embassy had depicted a Venezuelan map with Guyana’s Essequibo Region. “While the photographs were being taken, I am advised that someone attached to the Venezuelan Embassy placed the ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday criticised St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves for appearing in a picture holding Venezuela’s map that includes Guyana’s Essequibo County. “What I do know, it sends the wrong signal more so if you accept that he was involved in the Argyle Declaration and has been given a kind of a ...

The Guyana government has received an explanation from St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves about his appearance in a picture with the map of Venezuela that includes Guyana’s Essequibo County, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd said Wednesday night. Ahead of an expected official statement by the Vincentian leader, Mr Todd said the Guyana government has been ...

Venezuela’s combined opposition, Democratic Unitary Platform, early Saturday reiterated its position that the Venezuela-Guyana border controversy should be settled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), even as it strenuously objected to the presence of a British warship in the waters of this former British colony. “From the Democratic Unitary Platform, we reiterate that Venezuelans have solid legal documents to ...

Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said Guyana would not ask the United Kingdom (UK) to abandon the deployment of a warship to waters off this country’s coast, in the wake of Venezuela’s concerns that that is provocative. “No, the President has not asked the British vessel to move away from what was a planned activity and we see as ...

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 with Guyana after Christmas. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “HMS Trent will ...

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 our country,” he told his weekly news conference at ‘Freedom House’, ...