CARICOM prioritised in US Vaccine Sharing Strategy

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is among priority regions to which the United States will provide vaccines through the COVAX Facility, the White House announced...

CARICOM countries to receive $123M in humanitarian support from Guyana – Min Todd

As part of its humanitarian efforts in the Caribbean region and further afield, the National Assembly on Wednesday approved some $123 million for support...

Carl Greenidge’s job as Foreign Secretary in limbo – Sources confirm

The struggle to bring a credible and transparent conclusion to Guyana’s General and Regional Elections has tainted, to some extent, Guyana’s image on the...

WHO, CDB launch mental health management guide to help persons cope with effects of...

  The World Health Organisation’s mental health management guide "Doing what matters in times of stress," has been adopted for the Caribbean and is now...

PSC inks agreement with US Bilateral Chamber to promote trade and investment

  Head of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC), Mr. Paul Cheong and Ms. Aida Araissi, Head of the US Bilateral Chamber signed a Memorandum of...

St Vincent purchasing 15 pre-fab houses from Guyanese company 

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is in the process of purchasing the first 15 pre-fabricated wooden houses from Guyana, as part of the island’s...

Gambling revenue to help addicts

(Trinidad Guardian) - (By Gail Alexan­der) Pro­posed leg­is­la­tion to reg­u­late the gam­bling and gam­ing in­dus­try will re­quire op­er­a­tors to con­tribute a per­cent­age of their...

COVID-19: UN,IOM distribute food, hygiene supplies to over 4,000 Venezuelan refugees/migrants in Guyana

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), along with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) have been doing their part to assist Guyana...

Guyana, Barbados to have in-country reps to expedite commercial interests- Go-Invest CEO

  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, recently revealed that Guyana and Barbados will have in-country representatives...

Op-Ed: The Caribbean’s role in the transformation of agri-food systems

By Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean The global food security crisis has revealed an increase in undernourishment,...

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