Venezuela sounds alarm as US- and UK-backed Guyana ramps up military buildup near controversial Essequibo oil fields.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday commissioned a hangar at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport (EFCIA), Ogle with President Irfaan Ali sending a message to Venezuela that while this ...

Firstly at 18:30 hours, Essequibo’s Mainstay Gold Star will play Santos FC followed by a clash which pits Fruta against defending champions the Guyana Defence ...

On our side of the border, the Guyana Defence Force’s website lists its operational strength as 3,400 personnel and 670 reservists and boasts of an Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. Besides the ...

President Dr Irfaan Ali recently received a courtesy visit from the Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom, the Right Honourable Lord Vernon Coaker, at the Office of the ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said in a statement that the intelligence-led operation was carried out on Feb. 19 in an area known as the New River Triangle. In addition to the arrests ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Venezuelan patrol ship that entered Guyana’s waters Saturday and positioned itself near a vessel ...

Venezuela has been laying claim to the vast mineral-rich area of jungle west of the Essequibo River, which accounts for about 40% of Guyana’s territory. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) says it ...

Two days later, firefighters continue to respond to the large fire that broke out at the Waaldijk Sawmill in Amelia’s Ward, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) - It would be "a very bad day" for Venezuela if it were to attack its neighbor Guyana or U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ...

The U.S. Navy cruiser Normandy and the Guyana Defence Force patrol vessel Shahoud were conducting exercises in international waters and the Guyana Exclusive Economic Zone, the U.S. embassy in ...