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Venezuela’s national assembly will establish a special committee for the defense of the Essequibo region of Guyana, which the former nation claims, BN Americas reported. The committee’s creation is part of an accord approved by lawmakers that rejects the International Court of Justice’s ruling in favor of Guyana regarding the tribunal’s jurisdiction in the territorial dispute. The accord ratifies a 1966 Geneva ...

The Coast Guards of Guyana and the United States (US) are Saturday due to begin joint exercises offshore Guyana, four months after the two countries activated the Shiprider Agreement that allows for joint marine and air operations to counter narcotrafficking and other illegal activities. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said the US Coast Guard cutter, Stone, which is in the ...

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) stalwart, Majeed Hussein died after a brief illness, plunging his political organisation and foes alike into mourning, party officials confirmed. Sources said he died from COVID-19, pushing Guyana’s death toll to 168. The PPP later briefly commented on Majeed’s passing. “The party expresses its condolences to the relatives and friends of Comrade Majeed Hussain, who passed ...

The Ministry of Health on Friday named a 19-member broad-based National COVID-19 Vaccines Task Force in preparation for the arrival and roll out of the immunization campaign against the coronavirus disease in Guyana. Chairing the Task Force is Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony who disclosed that already the body has been tasked with developing a training manual on how to administer ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is targeting support from the incoming Joe Biden-led Democratic government to oust the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) from office, and wants outgoing President Donald Trump to be jailed. Executive Director the Opposition Leader’s Office, Aubrey Norton said Guyana would have to engage the Joe Biden-led Democratic administration in a number of ...

The Guyana Fire Service’s  headquarters operation will  be decentralised due to  heavy traffic congestion in the Stabroek Market area which delays emergency response, the latest being on Friday when fire tenders took eight minutes from the Central Fire Station to Fogarty’s building. “That is also under active consideration- either to remove or, as we say, declutter our area around the ...

Fire on Friday morning in the kitchen area of Fogarty’s building damaged a section of  the building and caused the suspension of business by several stores in the huge concrete building located on Water Street, Georgetown. Fire Chief Marlon Gentle told reporters at the scene that the blaze is believed to have been caused by a malfunctioned extractor fan. Mr. ...

United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana , Sarah-Ann Lynch Thursday afternoon decried the invasion of the Capitol building in Washington DC by hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters as the Senate was certifying election results that confirmed that he lost  to President-elect Joe Biden. “I am deeply shocked and saddened by the events which took place at the U.S. Capitol ...

As hundreds of pro-Trump supporters were storming the Capitol building in Washington DC to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden as the next President of the United States (US), Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Wednesday called for democracy to be preserved. “I stand with those upholding the rule of law, I call for the will of the electorate to ...

Unidentified gunmen last night opened fire on a house at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara where a man who ran a multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme once lived, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor said no one was injured. Authorities say the Cuban-born man, Yuri Garcia Dominguez, is yet to repay hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds ...