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Canada on Monday expressed  concerned about Venezuela’s decision to unilaterally extend its maritime boundary to include all of sea and submarine resources offshore the Essequibo Region “Venezuela’s recent claim that it has sovereignty over the area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo coast is concerning,” the Canadian government said in a tweet. Canada urged Venezuela to stick with the International Court of ...

Top officers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were Monday grilled about glaring discrepancies concerning the use of vehicles and high maintenance costs, including GYD$8 million that was spent on repairing one vehicle every month during 2016. “Additional time would definitely give us an opportunity to peruse all documents and even interface a little bit more with the State auditors ...

Guyana’s bipartisan House Foreign Relations Committee will Monday meet to be briefed by government on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, despite a brouhaha over the venue. Minister of Governance and Parliamentary  Affairs, Gail Teixeira said the meeting would go ahead at 1 PM. “We are not rescheduling the meeting. It will go on at 1 pm,” she said. This was after ...

The United States (US) on Sunday endorsed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to settle the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, in the face of calls by President Nicolas Maduro for bilateral talks to resume as a means of settlement. Acting Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Michael Kozak said his country ...

The number of persons, who have died from the coronavirus, has risen to 169, the Health Ministry said in Sunday. The Health Ministry says two persons have died while receiving care at a government health facility. They are a 58-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) and a 39 year old man from Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni). Yesterday, the Health ...

The Night Shelter, which is a temporary refuge for the homeless, is now offering improved basic health services to occupants, the Ministry of Human Services said at the weekend. The Ministry of Human Services says five Patient Care Assistants have been employed to take care of persons who are differently-abled and unable to take care of themselves. Government says this ...

A  badly beaten man, who was remanded to prison pending trial for allegedly stealing a car, was found dead in the Lusignan Prison  two days after he was admitted an inmate there “Prisoner Samuels was admitted to prison with several injuries to his body which were inflicted by the public as a result of the alleged offence he committed,” Director ...

A 23-year old labourer of Goed Fortin, West Bank Demerara is among eight persons who have been arrested. Police  say they specifically targeted the labourer in a raid conducted yesterday afternoon for drugs, guns, ammunition and stolen articles.’ No guns or ammunition were found at his home, but police say they found 30 grammes of suspected marijuana in a bulky ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Sunday pledged the support of his A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for any fair and sensible action against Venezuela’s unilateral extension of its maritime boundary with Guyana. “The APNU+AFC Coalition stands resolute and in solidarity with any reasonable action that the people of Guyana is likely to embark on to safeguard Guyana’s ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday afternoon rejected Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s unilateral extension of his country’s maritime boundary with Venezuela to take in the the Atlantic waters off the Essequibo Region. Dr. Ali said the most senior official of the Venezuelan embassy in Georgetown was Saturday called in and told of Guyana’s objection to the “deeply disturbing decree” by the ...