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 ...
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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 »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 ...
Read More »Blackouts due to poor decisions, brain drain, bad maintenance- David Patterson
Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, David Patterson on Friday called out the private sector’s silence on the poor state of electricity generation in Guyana due to bad investments, brain drain and a botched maintenance plan. The Guyana government this week said there could be management changes at the Guyana Power and Light and Power Producers ...
Read More »Govt ready to “bring in” doctors to ease backlog-President Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that government was willing to “bring in” doctors to address a backlog of cases in the public health sector if those already in the system would be unable to do so. “If we have a backlog in a specific area, which are these areas and which areas will require us to bring in specialised ...
Read More »Trinidad tells Venezuela: Respect Guyana’s territorial integrity
Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr. Amery Browne has called on Venezuela to respect the territorial integrity of Guyana, the Trinidad Guardian reported on Friday. He says Caricom remains united on this issue. Browne made those statements on Thursday as Guyana expressed concern over what it viewed as the latest threat by Venezuela to annex its territory ...
Read More »Brand new India-made aircraft for GDF is a good deal- Jagdeo
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the two India-made planes that arrived last week for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are brand new aircraft and the US$23.37 million deal includes spares and training. Responding to criticisms from opposition critics that the two Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-made Dornier 228 planes were second-hand and the price was inflated to facilitate a ...
Read More »Guyana rejects Maduro’s activation of law to make Essequibo a Venezuelan state
Guyana on Wednesday vowed not to allow Venezuela’s take over of any part of its territory, in rejecting President Nicolas Maduro’s activation of legislation to make Essequibo a new state in keeping with last December’s referendum. “Guyana wishes to put on notice the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Governments of the Caribbean Community and the Latin American ...
Read More »Reforming Guyana’s Constitution in time for next elections “ambitious”- Chairman
The Chairman of Guyana’s 20-member Constitutional Reform Commission, Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh on Wednesday said reforming the constitution before the 2025 general and regional elections would be tight. “That would be ambitious and it would be an ideal and it would depend on- because remember this Commission has to go all across the country- we are already ...
Read More »Not all of US$27 million electricity generation sets operable; several to be activated in coming days
Minister of Public Works II, Deodat Indar on Tuesday said only nine of the 17 reconditioned containerised electricity generation sets that were bought for US$27 million were working but strenuous efforts were being made by Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to connect more units to the grid by weekend. “By Saturday, we are told by GPL, an additional six ...
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