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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday stayed clear of any direct reference to the border controversy with Guyana, but instead said the recent troop deployment had more to do with is country’s fight against drug trafficking. “With all due respect in this General Assembly of the United Nations, we had to carry out an operation along our borders with Colombia ...

All of Region Six’s (East Berbice-Corentyne) land transports and titles have been stolen, according to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA). Divisional Police Commander, Senior Superintendent Errol Watts told Demerara Waves Online News Tuesday afternoon that several persons, including security personnel, have been questioned but there has been no trace of the safe. The authority said the incident occurred ...

Canada has expressed its willingness to support the Government of Guyana with the holding of Local Government Elections (LGEs), the setting up of the  Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) and the training and development of Public Servants. The Ministry of the Presidency said those committments were communicated to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon by Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana,Pierre Giroux, at ...

Legal moves have begun for the State to repossess lands at ‘Pradoville2’ because several rules have been broken or bypassed to develop the lands using State funds and sell them cheaply to Former President Bharrat Jagdeo and other past and current government functionaries  who have then gone on to build multi-million dollar houses. In at least two cases, two former ...

President David Granger on Tuesday widened his international call for the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to be taken International Court of Justice (ICJ) when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). He stressed that that would be the best option to ensure that a lasting and final solution was be found in the shortest possible time and so remove the ...

The wholly government-owned Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI) says the Marriott Hotel is expected to record a net profit by year-end because of a reasonable occupancy rate and other services. “Based on actual and projected performance of the hotel, Marriott management projects that the hotel will deliver a net operating profit (measured in cash flows) by year end,” said the corporation ...

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) on Monday indicated that production was continuing to show a marginal improvement, recording the highest weekly production for the first time in six years. “The Corporation has concluded yet another successful week of sugar production, where new records have been set on a number of estates,” the state-owned entity said in a statement. The industry ...

A minibus driver, who struck down and killed veteran cyclist, Roy Albert Mendonca, was Monday jailed for 54 months after he was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving. Sookraj Permaul,26, was convicted for committing the offence on April 2, 2015 at Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown. At that time, he was driving BNN 6492 in a manner dangerous to the ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Monday continued to pile pressure on the President David Granger-administration to report properly to Guyanese on the border controversy with Venezuela. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee refused to react to the outcome of the meeting between Granger, his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro and the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. Rohee first ...

In talks brokered by United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon Venezuela Sunday night agreed to accredit Cheryl Miles as Guyana’s Ambassador to Caracas and return its Ambassador to Georgetown, while the UN continues to explore ways of permanently resolving the border controversy. “The two Presidents expressed willingness to continue to engage in dialogue, and announced during the meeting ...