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January 3, 2026

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The opposition leader of Venezuela – and Nobel Peace Prize winner – Maria Corina Machado has welcomed the US intervention, saying the country’s “hour of freedom” has arrived. She said on social media that President Maduro was removed from power after refusing a negotiated exit, and the opposition’s candidate for the 2024 elections – Edmundo […]

December 31, 2025

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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) extends warm New Year’s greetings to all Guyanese at home and across the Diaspora as we welcome 2026 with renewed faith, hope, and confidence in our collective future. This new year dawns at a moment of significance for our country and our Party. Having been entrusted with a renewed mandate […]

December 31, 2025

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Guyana will mark its 60th Independence anniversary as a large-scale homecoming for the diaspora and a springboard for the expansion of its Orange Economy, with major public and private investments planned in culture, tourism, film, entertainment and national infrastructure. President Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking during an in-depth interview with female journalists and students on Tuesday, […]

December 29, 2025

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Youth training and innovation will be at the centre of development agenda over the next five years as the government seeks to build a future-ready workforce, Labour and Manpower Planning Minister Keoma Griffith said. Speaking after President Dr Irfaan Ali’s national address on December 17, Griffith said the President outlined “a bold and ambitious […]

December 23, 2025

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The Natural Resource Fund now holds enough savings to fully pay off the country’s entire external debt, Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh said. Speaking on a recent edition of the Starting Point Podcast, Dr Singh said the oil-funded reserve has placed the country in one of the strongest debt positions […]

December 18, 2025

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Sustainable income generation is being prioritised over dependence on cash grants, as targeted financial support is rolled out alongside efforts to expand employment opportunities and social services. This is according to People’s Progressive Party General Secretary Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, who was speaking at his weekly press briefing on Thursday. The government does not want citizens […]

December 17, 2025

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare provider, to decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the vaccine, including the birth dose. The agency’s move follows […]

December 16, 2025

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United States President Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all US-sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump said in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “For the theft of our Assets, […]

December 16, 2025

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The Secretary General of Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, has made it clear that the party fully supports the decision of the Bolivarian Government to immediately terminate any contract or negotiation involving the supply of gas to Trinidad and Tobago. He made the statements at the PSUV’s weekly press conference […]

December 13, 2025

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The Ministry of Natural Resources will step up oversight of gold dealers, expand enforcement operations and increase multi-agency action against illegal mining to address under-declaration in the sector, the government said today. The measures were announced following a meeting between the ministry and the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on December 10, 2025. […]

Category: Politics

Venezuela’s opposition leader welcomes US intervention

PPP welcomes 2026 with renewed hope, faith and confidence

Homecoming, film, tourism and culture at heart of 60th independence plans

Griffith: Youth training, innovation to be central focus over next give years

Oil fund holds enough to clear external debt, says finance minister

Jagdeo: Sustainable income generation prioritised over cash grant dependency

US CDC ends guidance that all newborns should get hepatitis B vaccine, in major policy shift

Venezuela surrounded: Trump orders ‘total’ blockade of sanctioned Venezuela oil tankers

Cabello takes aim at T&T, Guyana

Stricter enforcement, equipment seizures and prosecutions to curb illegal mining, gold under-declaration

Guyana to host biodiversity financing summit in final quarter of this year

Asleep one moment, homeless the next: Sophia victims recall devastating Sunday night fire

Nandlall, Primus among eight elected to chair parliamentary committees

Guyana to host biodiversity financing summit in final quarter of this year

Asleep one moment, homeless the next: Sophia victims recall devastating Sunday night fire

Nandlall, Primus among eight elected to chair parliamentary committees