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CARICOM backs Guyana against Venezuela's border assertions

CARICOM backs Guyana against Venezuela's border assertions

CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana - March 22, 2015 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed concern about recent assertions by Venezuela, in relation to its boundary dispute with Guyana, and has again expressed its hope for an early resolution of the controversy arising from Venezuela's contention that the 1899 Arbitral Award, which settled the boundary between the two countries, is null and void.
President Donald Ramotar, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud at the opening of the 2015 Police Officers' Conference.

Low rating of police force irks Guyana President

President Donald Ramotar has urged the Guyana Police Force to take seriously a United States (US) research that recently found that the local law enforcement agency recorded the lowest level of trust in the Caribbean.
Amb. Elizabeth Harper to run as Prime Minister in Guyana

Amb. Elizabeth Harper to run as Prime Minister in Guyana

GEORGETOWN,  Guyana, February 22, 2015 - People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has chosen Ambassador Elisabeth Harper over incumbent Samuel Hinds, to run on its ticket as the Prime Ministerial Candidate in the May 11 national and regional elections.
Professor Walter Rodney, was killed in what is being called a ‘suspected assassination’ in Georgetown, Guyana on June 13, 1980, when an explosive device concealed in a walkie-talkie radio went off.

Eyewitness to Walter Rodney's death fingers GDF's Gregory Smith

Donald Rodney- the lone witness to the bomb-blast death of his brother, Dr. Walter Rodney, in 1980- on Friday told a commission of inquiry that his brother was killed when a walkie-talkie supplied by a then Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier exploded during what was supposed to be a test near the country’s major jail.
EU Ambassador to Guyana Robert Kopecky and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh

European Union imposes aid sanction on Guyana

The European Union (EU) on Friday announced that they have withheld millions of Euros in budgetary support to Guyana for the sugar sector and sea defence, citing the need for all rules to be put in place.
Professor Duke Pollard

Guyana's May 11 election date not valid?

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 24, 2015 - Former CCJ Justice Duke Pollard says President Donald Ramotar’s announcement of the May 11, 2015 date for general and regional elections is not constitutionally valid.
United Kingdom High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre

The UK wants Guyana to resume Parliament or face sanctions

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – January 14, 2015- The Government of the United Kingdom has called on the Government of Guyana to resume Parliament without further delay or lay out a timeline for the resumption of parliamentary democracy which helps to deliver shared commitments to democracy, security and prosperity for all.
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