Improvement in 55 per cent cancer survival rate among children, adolescents needed in Latin...

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for improvements in survival rates of children and adolescents with cancer, currently at 55% in Latin...

CARICOM Heads appoint VP Jagdeo to lead improvement of financing strategy for climate adaptation

CARICOM Heads on Wednesday agreed on the need to immediately improve the fiscal structures in place to address climate change and adaptation. Notably, Vice...

Guyana, Trinidad to ink MoU on agriculture, energy and national security  

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago is expected to be entered into soon. Guyana Standard understands that the MoU...

Relationship between Barbados and Guyana a model for CARICOM- President Ali

  President Dr Irfaan Ali said that Guyana and Barbados are working to create a success model for the Caribbean Region that will focus heavily on...

Digicel files for bankruptcy

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) - Regional telecommunications giant Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts, but it insists that its day-to-day operations will not...

Despite unprecedented floods, COVID-19: Guyana leads Region with highest GDP for 2021, 2020

For two consecutive years, Guyana has held the number one spot for the nation with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This is according...

Climate change should not prevent Caribbean nations from using oil and gas for development...

  While the COVID-19 pandemic and other troubling global trends have forced a rethinking and reshuffling of investments, developing nations, particularly those in the Caribbean...

Regional roaming charges to be reduced from April

  Residents of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) travelling within the region are expected to experience a 70 to 98% saving on roaming charges starting April...

Works on feasibility study, design of Guyana/Suriname bridge underway

  The Government of Guyana has received several bids from companies seeking to conduct the feasibility study and preliminary design for the construction of the...

TT confirms first covid19 case

(Trinidad and Tobago Newsday) - Trinidad and Tobago has confirmed its first positive case of a coronavirus infection. At a press conference on Thursday, Health...

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