Regional

- The airplane that crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday, killing all 157 aboard, was the second such plane model involved in a catastrophic crash in the past six months. Last October, a Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed in the waters off Indonesia,…

By Isanella Patoir  After leaving Sierra Leone, West Africa three months ago, Richard Allen, a former Royal Marines Commando, docked at the Harbour Master’s Boathouse, Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday just as the sun was setting. This…

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge is pleading with residents of Rupununi in Region 9 to be patient as they deal with the influx of Venezuelans into Guyana. He was at the time responding to questions raised at a…

AWESOME COPYRIGHT officials, with help from the police, cracked down on Port of Spain CD vendors seizing five carts loaded with pirated CDs, including songs for Carnival 2019. Awesome’s chief executive officer, Patrice Buckradee, who was…

- Police are searching for clues in connection with the suspected kidnapping of five fishermen and a teenager by men believed to be Venezuelan pirates, who are demanding US$200,000 by this Friday for their release. A picture of the…

 Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Timothy Harris, who is also the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, will lead a delegation to meet with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday to discuss the crisis…

By Ravin Singh The Organisation of American States (OAS), of which Guyana is a member, on Thursday adopted a resolution not to recognize the legitimacy of Nicolas Maduro who took an oath-of-office Thursday to serve his second term as…

The Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam Region) Administration has identified a two-storey building that will serve as a support centre for Venezuelan migrants in the region. This announcement was made by the National Multi-Sectoral…

The United States Government Sunday afternoon said it was watching developments after Guyana lodged complaints of an incursion by Venezuelan military into Guyanese waters. “We are monitoring reports that the Venezuelan Navy may have…

The Venezuelan Government says it wants to re-establish direct dialogue with Guyana after its Army forced out a research vessel operating at sea under Guyanese licence. The settlement of the more than century-old border controversy…