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Chief Justice Roxanne George Wiltshire

GUYANA | High Court dismisses APNU/AFC election petition on a technicality

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 18, 2021- The Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) will not be able to prove that that there had been massive fraud by the then opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) due to certain omissions to reconcile the votes found in ballot boxes.

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Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton Desir

GUYANA | APNU/AFC Shadow Minister demands answers about govt's engagement of US Lobby Firm

MONTEGO BAY, January 15, 2021 – The Opposition Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton Desir wants the government to state the criteria used for selecting the Cormac Group LLC as a lobby firm for the government of Guyana; outline the procurement process utilized to hire them and indicate whether other firms were considered.

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Chief of Staff of the GDF, Brigadier Godfrey Bess and Commander of the U.S. South Command, Admiral Craig Faller as they sign the Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement at the Baridi Benab.

GUYANA | Guyana Defence Force, US Dept.of Defense sign logistics agreement

GEORGETOWN, January 14, 2021 - The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday signed an Acquisition and Cross-Service Agreement with the United States Department of Defense. The Agreement will facilitate reciprocal logistical support between the two countries that caters for combined exercises, deployment, training and other cooperation efforts.

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Guyana’s Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Amanza Walton-Desir

GUYANA | APNU/AFC defends Guyana's territorial stance against Venezuela, but.....

GEORGETOWN, Jan. 13, 2021 – Guyana’s Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Amanza Walton Desir has warned the Irfaan Ali administration, that despite the need for unity in support of Guyana’s territorial integrity, national unity is being eroded by suppression and de-humanisation of Afro-Guyanese and victimization of persons seen as supporters of the main opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC).

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CARICOM disappointed and concerned over Venezuela statement

CARICOM disappointed and concerned over Venezuela statement

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 12, 2021 - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  says it is deeply disappointed and concerned at the decree and subsequent statements by Venezuela with respect to that country’s border controversy with Guyana, including intimations of the creation of a strategic area of national development called “Territory for the Development of the Atlantic Façade.”

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GUYANA | Venezuela/Guyana boundary dispute flares - UN, CARICOM advised

GUYANA | Venezuela/Guyana boundary dispute flares - UN, CARICOM advised

GEORGETOWN, January 11, 2021 - Stung by the recent ruling of the Intertnational Court of Justice in favor of Guyana regarding the tribunal’s jurisdiction in the territorial dispute, Venezuela’s national assembly has announced a renewed claim over the Essequibo region of Guyana, and the establishment of  a special committee for the defense of their decision.

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GUYANA | Auditor General wants probe into multi-million lawyers’ fees for political court cases

GUYANA | Auditor General wants probe into multi-million lawyers’ fees for political court cases

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 4, 2021 - Demerara Waves - Auditor General Deodat Sharma says procurement procedures were not followed by the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration to hire local and foreign lawyers to fight a series of political court cases from December, 2018 to July, 2020, as well as other cases for a number of government agencies in the total bill of GYD$170,828,203.

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