Politics

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton said his party would later this year end when its congress would be held. He said that decision was made at the PNCR’s Central Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday. “The party’s Central Executive decided last evening that the matter will be placed to the General Council and it will be ...

Leader of the People’s Nati0nal Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton on Thursday said Chairman of the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Council, Daniel Seeram should resign because he has been allegedly involved in domestic violence. “We think he should step down but I’m saying to you, at this stage, we have not said to him ‘look, you need to go,” Mr Norton ...

The United States (US) on Wednesday afternoon deemed as “unacceptable” Venezuela’s clear threat to oil companies that have bid for eight oil blocks offshore Guyana. “The U.S. supports Guyana’s sovereign right to develop its own natural resources. Efforts to infringe upon Guyana’s sovereignty are unacceptable. We call on Venezuela to respect international law, including the 1899 arbitral award & the ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday vowed to defend its territorial sovereignty in the face of  fresh threats by Venezuela after several companies bid to explore for oil in a number of offshore blocks. “Guyana will spared no effort in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said in his address to the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly ...

President Irfaan Ali is Wednesday expected to voice concern at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) about Venezuela’s threat to block investors from taking up oil blocks offshore Guyana. “The President will also highlight the recent statements and even threats made by Venezuela and bringing the UN General Assembly to it and, further, a number of bilaterals have also been ...

Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro on Tuesday denounced Venezuela’s insistence that much of Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is hers and so investors should not be allowed to explore or produce oil there unless there is a bilateral agreement between the two neighbouring South American nations. “We vehemently decry intimidatory tactics that seek to ...

Jamaica’s Integrity Commission’s Director of Corruption Prosecution, Keisha Prince-Kameka, has ruled that House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert should be charged for making a false statement in a Statutory Declaration in relation to a Mercedes Benz motor vehicle, Jamaica Observer newspaper reported. The charges concern her declarations from 2015 to 2020. The Integrity Commission said Dalrymple-Philibert omitted to include the vehicle in her Statutory Declarations, ...

The Guyana government and the parliamentary opposition Tuesday strongly rebuffed Venezuela’s attempt to scare investors who have bid for eight offshore oil blocks by claiming ownership to those areas. Reacting sharply to Venezuela’s strong rejection to Guyana’s “illegal bidding round” for oil blocks on the basis that Georgetown does not enjoy sovereignty over that area, President Irfaan Ali warned that ...

The United States (US) Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has made no mention that Guyana’s political issues were discussed last week with President Irfaan Ali, in contrast to a separate statement issued by Minority Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The CBC said President Irfaan Ali, Mr Jeffries, CBC Chairman Steven Horsford and other Members of the Congressional Black Caucus “had a productive ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has identified a number of major issues he would like to discuss with President Irfaan Ali, outside of constitutionally required consultations. Speaking on Caribbean Showtime TV in Toronto, Canada, he put discrimination, the need for a clean voters list and biometric verification of voters at polling stations at the top of his agenda should the Guyanese ...