Americas have seen 250% increase in COVID-19 cases – PAHO Director

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne disclosed on Wednesday that over the past week, countries in the Americas (North and South)...

CARICOM calls for ceasefire in Gaza

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Wednesday evening made a resounding call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in...

Loss of correspondent banking will pose serious threats to the Region —PM Phillips

Guyana's Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips on Wednesday stated that the loss of correspondent banking and disruption of the flow of remittances will...

CARICOM Development Fund to be restructured

So serious are the issues facing the region that its leaders have decided to restructure the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Development Fund (CDF) to enable...

PM Gonsalves conferred with Order of Roraima

– described as ‘Caribbean man’ by President Ali Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been conferred with Guyana’s second...

Regional Heads deem implementation of 17-year-old “Jagdeo initiative” vital for vision 25 by 2025

Almost, if not all, of the Heads of Government who spoke at the opening of the Agri-Investment Forum and Exhibition held this morning at...

Suriname President, other members of delegation test negative for COVID-19

Star News Suriname:-President Chan Santokhi and the entire delegation that traveled to Guyana for the inauguration of Guyanese President Irfaan Ali have tested negative...

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...

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...

CARICOM taskforce revives commission to make interregional export of agri. produce more affordable

By Staff Writer While CARICOM nations such as Guyana may have the capacity to produce much of the food that its sister countries import, it...

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