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Guyana, Barbados creating new investment fund as travel becomes easier with digital ID card
Just as Guyana and Barbados officially launched a new programme to make travel between the two countries much easier, the leaders of both states say they will continue to partner and are now looking at a new investment fund. On Monday, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley became the first Bajan to travel to Guyana using...
CCJ rules Suriname breached CARICOM national’s rights; landmark ruling could reshape regional business climate
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that Suriname breached the treaty rights of a Trinidad and Tobago national...
President: Guyana deploys more assets at border with Venezuela, working on intelligence with allies
Guyana has deployed additional security assets along its western border and is working with international allies following recent armed attacks...
Guyanese man found hanging in Trinidad’s Maximum Security Prison day before trial over wife’s murder
(Trinidad Express) Last Tuesday afternoon, when prisoners at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca were let out of their cells...
All set for TT’s border reopening today, first flight arrives from Guyana
(CNC 3) – Sixteen months after T&T closed its international borders to both national and foreigners, all systems are in...
Protest at Cuban embassy over COVID-19, economy
By Shikema Dey As a massive protest rages in Cuba over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
Jovenel Moïse: President’s widow speaks for first time
(BBC) The injured widow of Haiti’s president has described the moment assassins “riddled” her husband with bullets after bursting into...
Haiti requests foreign troops after president’s assassination
(BBC) – Haiti has asked for foreign troops to be sent to the country to protect key infrastructure after the...
Foreign hit squad killed Haiti’s president – police
(BBC) – A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week,...
A U.S. citizen is among 6 suspects arrested in the assassination of Haiti’s President
(New York Times) – One American citizen is among the six people detained in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse...
Haitians awake to uncertainty after presidential assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitians awoke to uncertainty on Thursday, awaiting the outcome of a gunbattle between police and a hit...
Four suspected killers of Haitian president fatally shot by police
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight...
National flag on Gov’t buildings to be flown at half-staff – President Ali
President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has declared that as a show of respect for the late President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse,...
‘Cowardly execution’ of Haiti’s President is a tragedy for Caribbean – Pres. Ali
Statement by President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on the assassination of Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti: I am...
Reduced cost in airfare, easier travel possible with CARICOM travel bubble
By Vishani Ragobeer Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are expected to consider proposals next week for the...
‘Assassination of President Moïse abhorrent, abominable’ – PNC/R Leader
Statement of the Leader of the People’s National Congress on the assassination of the President of Haiti H.E Jovenel Moïse. Leader...
Haitian president killed in attack at home
(BBC) – Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his private residence, according to a statement...
‘Countries have to protect their integrity’ – CARICOM on Haitian smuggling
By Vishani Ragobeer As concerns mount relating to the smuggling of Haitian nationals in Guyana, Chairman of the Caribbean Community...
Harmonised health protocol for travel, realignment of financial institutions could boost pandemic recovery – CARICOM Chairman
By Vishani Ragobeer As Caribbean economies seek to rebound from the near-crippling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chairman of CARICOM...
Antigua & Barbuda PM assumes Chairmanship of CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 2 July 2021) – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne,...
Guyana, Trinidad to enhance cooperation; focus on trade, investment & energy
Press Statement – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation || Meeting between the Honourable Hugh H. Todd, MP, Minister...
