Incident During Ballot Box Escort – Upper Cuyuni River, Region 7
On August 31, 2025, at approximately 14:30 hours, while escorting GECOM officials and ballot boxes along the Upper Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Bamboo, near the Guyana–Venezuela border, a Joint Services patrol came under
STATEMENT BY CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF,BRIGADIER OMAR KHAN, MSS
On Friday, 22 August, at Base Camp Ayanganna during the Joint Services voting process, I responded to an act of courtesy in greeting a candidate who initiated a handshake. It has since come to my
JOINT SERVICES REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND CITIZEN SECURITY
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and its partners in the Joint Services continue to stand on the frontlines of safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty, protecting our nation’s security, and ensuring the safety of every citizen. Every
GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE AND BRAZILIAN MILITARY CONDUCT JOINT RIVERINE PATROL
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Brazilian Armed Forces recently conducted Joint Simultaneous International Patrols in the border region near Lethem and Bonfim as well as in Kanapang in the Pakaraima Region. The patrols
BODY OF MISSING SOLDIER RECOVERED
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) confirms the recovery of the body of Lance Corporal Stefon Tudor, who went missing during a routine riverine patrol on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Lance Corporal Tudor fell overboard in
INCIDENT IN CUYUNI RIVER – SOLDIER MISSING
The Guyana Defence Force troops stationed at Eteringbang and Makapa on the Guyana-Venezuela Border are currently engaged in efforts to locate one of its ranks, Lance Corporal Stefon Tudor who was part of a Riverain
GDF COAST GUARD RESCUES FOUR FISHERMEN AFTER TRAWLER SINKS
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard today successfully executed a comprehensive Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, rescuing four crew members from the fishing trawler ‘SEA NIGHT’, after the vessel sank at approximately 20:00 hours
TROOPS ATTACKED DURING RIVERAIN PATROLS ALONG CUYUNI RIVER
The Guyana Defence Force wishes to inform the nation that within the past twenty-four hours, armed men in civilian clothing on the Venezuelan shore along the Cuyuni River, between Eteringbang and Makapa, carried out three
A MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE LOVED ONES OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RET’D) BRENDA AARON, MEM.
PIONEER. EDUCATOR. OFFICER. PATRIOT. The Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan, MSS, Officers, and Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force extend sincere condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d)
GDF RANKS PARTICIPATE IN EXERCISE TRADEWINDS 2025
Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have joined participants from 26 partner nations and organisations at Teteron Barracks, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, for Exercise Tradewinds 2025, which officially commenced on April 26. This 13-day
