Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
2. On 6 December 2023, a Bell 412EP helicopter operated by the Guyana Defence Force crashed in western Guyana, killing five out of the seven on board. [1] The crash happened about 30 miles east of Arau near the Venezuelan border. [2] The helicopter carried senior GDF military officers, and was reportedly conducting "border operations".
The long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis in 2023. The region is controlled by Guyana but is claimed by Venezuela. The dispute dates back many years and the current border was established by the Paris Arbitral Award in 1899. Venezuela renewed its claim in 1962 and the matter was referred to the ...
The Guyana Chronicle is a daily newspaper owned by the Guyanese government. The company also publishes a weekly Sunday Chronicle. External links
The Stabroek News is a privately owned newspaper published in Guyana.It takes its name from Stabroek / ˈ s t æ b r uː k /, the former name of Georgetown, Guyana.. It was first published in November 1986, first as a weekly but it later changed to a daily print newspaper. [1]
Format. Tabloid. Headquarters. 24 Saffon Street, Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana. Website. kaieteurnewsonline.com. Kaieteur News is a privately owned daily newspaper published in Guyana. Kaieteur News columnists include Freddie Kissoon, Stella Ramsaroop, Adam Harris, and an anonymous columnist who goes by the nom de plume "Peeping Tom".
Charrandas Persaud is a Canadian-Guyanese lawyer and politician, who was Guyana's High Commissioner to India from March 2021 to October 2022. He was a member of the Guyanese National Assembly from 2015 to 2018, representing the Alliance for Change party in the East Berbice-Corentyne region (Region 6).
2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis. Ranks. Military ranks of Guyana. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is the military of Guyana, established in 1965. It has military bases across the nation. [6] The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force is always the incumbent President of Guyana. [7] The branches include the Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
NCN is the descendant of two of Guyana's first radio services: Radio Demerara, which was founded in 1951, and British Guiana Broadcasting Service (BGBS), which was founded in December 1958. The former was a British-owned company, and its licence required the station to broadcast BBC material for 21 hours a week, and programmes provided by the ...