The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday unanimously supported respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law, at a closed door meeting that Guyana requested to address Venezuela’s moves to possibly seize the Essequibo Region. “I think Venezuela found it hard to find a friend,” a source told Demerara Waves Online News on condition of anonymity. “I think the ...
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Truck driver charged for accident that left Traffic Chief injured
The driver of a truck belonging to an Indian construction company, which slammed into a police vehicle and injured the current Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Chief, Superintendent Mahendra Singh last year, has been charged with dangerous driving. The driver, 29-year old Romel Benjamin of 15 Lovely Lass Village West Coast Berbice, was charged and arraigned on January 10, 2024, five ...
Read More »UN Security Council to discuss Venezuela’s increasing moves to seize Essequibo; CARICOM worried about “unworthy aggression”
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is Tuesday set to discuss Venezuela’s latest effort to lay claim to the Essequibo Region, a move that the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is worried that could lead to physical action against Guyana. CARICOM said that in its adoption of “the Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba”, the Venezuelan government has acted ...
Read More »High Court orders Trevor Benn-led Public Service Coop Credit Union management team to take office; Van Sluytman vows to take legal action
The High Court on Monday ordered the recently-elected 12-member Management Committee of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) to take up office and so replace the Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin-led previous committee. “We are addressing that with our lawyers,” she told Demerara Waves Online News when asked if an injunction would be sought along with a new court case. ...
Read More »Submission of main arguments to ICJ doesn’t mean recognition of court- Venezuela
The Venezuelan government on Monday defended its decision to submit its main arguments to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the border dispute with Guyana, saying it does not change its position of non-recognition of that United Nations (UN) judicial body. “The delivery of this document does not imply the consent of Venezuela or the recognition of the jurisdiction ...
Read More »Venezuela submits key arguments to ICJ in border case with Guyana
Despite last year’s questionable referendum that rejected the International Court of Justice as the means of settling the border controversy, Venezuela has submitted arguments to the World Court. The Guyana government on Monday welcomed Venezuela’s decision to do so. “Guyana has repeatedly called on Venezuela to participate fully in the judicial proceedings and comply with the Court’s rulings, and therefore ...
Read More »Wife, husband in murder-suicide
A saleswoman of Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara was killed and her husband committed suicide, leaving behind a note that implicated the woman in being unfaithful. The body of 56-year old Sarah Bacchus-Arjoon and her husband, 69-year old Khemraj Arjoon were found by their 13-year old daughter when she returned home at about 3:30 Sunday afternoon. “The body (of the woman) ...
Read More »Demerara Harbour Bridge working despite vessel incident- officials
A tug and a barge on Sunday drifted and struck the Demerara Harbour Bridge, resulting in the deployment of emergency workers but officials said the movement of vehicles across the east-west thoroughfare would not be affected severely. “Yes, there has been an incident. It has not put the Demerara Harbour Bridge out of service,” Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said. ...
Read More »US Patent and Trademark Office keen to help Guyana with Intellectual Property; Guyana’s outdated IP laws disincentivise investments
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is ready to assist a broad cross section of Guyanese understand the various aspects of Intellectual Property (IP) protection, amid observations that local IP laws are outdated. “Unfortunately, like everything else, laws tend to lag at issues and one of the areas in which the law is lagging is in terms of ...
Read More »Entrench national unity, show respect- former PM Nagamootoo tells book launch
-recalls being stripped of guards, vehicles Former Prime Minister of Guyana, Moses Nagamootoo on Friday appealed for steps to be taken to entrench national unity in Guyana regardless of which political party is in power, as he spoke at the launch of his latest book. “Dear Land of Guyana is the Dear Land of All of Us. It is not ...
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