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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...
Guyana, Suriname to ask 8 of 38 companies for price offer to build Corentyne Bridge
Seven months after finalising the agreement for the construction of a bridge that would connect the two countries, Guyana and...
Estimated 22, 000 Venezuelan migrants in Guyana
While the majority of this number accounts for persons forced to flee persecution and conflict in Venezuela, a smaller percentage...
President Ali officially imposes visa- requirement for Haitians
In an Immigration Revocation Order, signed by President Irfaan Ali and published in the Official Gazette on June 22, 2021,...
No record of over 38,000 Haitians leaving Guyana between 2015 – 2021
By Kurt Campbell Over the last six years, a total of 42, 100 Haitian nationals are recorded to have arrived...
Gov’t to end visa-free travel for Haitians, Cubans over human smuggling concerns
As Guyana continues to deal with the influx of illegal migrants from several regional states, in sometimes suspected human trafficking...
TT’s Rowley responds to Dr Ramsammy, GCCI
See below full statement issued by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM...
Urbanisation must be linked to achievement of Sustainable Development Goals – Pres. Ali
In his keynote address at the Caribbean Urban Forum’s 10th International Conference, President Irfaan Ali posited that urbanisation must be directly...
Trinidad to send flood relief to Guyana
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has agreed to send flood relief items to Guyana. A statement from the office...
Republic Bank offers US$200M in ‘clean’ energy financing
June 9, 2021, Port of Spain –The Republic Group has signaled its intention to lend and invest US$200 million by...
COVID-19 variant from India detected in Venezuela
CNC 3 – With the Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus now detected in neighbouring Venezuela, the Trinidad and Tobago...
Brazil Covid: Deaths plunge after town’s adults vaccinated
(BBC) – A Brazilian town has seen a 95% drop in Covid-19 deaths after almost all adults were vaccinated as...
‘Eat local, eat regional’ – President Ali, PM Mottley urge in run-up to UN Food Summit
By Kurt Campbell Leading a regional dialogue on Friday as Head of Government in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Quasi Cabinet...
State of Emergency in T&T to combat COVID-19
(Trinidad Express) – With bed space running out for critically ill COVID-19 patients, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley this afternoon...
President Ali courts mega investments in agriculture from U.S. companies
Over 150 companies from the United States looking to invest in Guyana, logged in to a virtual seminar on Monday,...
Fly Jamaica still owes Guyanese millions in refunds since 2019
By Kurt Campbell Several regional airlines received flak from local Travel Service Agents on Monday, who were summoned to a...
Guyana introduces UN resolution in solidarity with St. Vincent
On April 28, 2021, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations and Chair of the CARICOM...
Grenada to introduce new entry requirements for fully vaccinated persons
(Government Information Service, Grenada) – The Government of Grenada is reducing the quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated persons entering the...
Relief items from Guyana to arrive in St. Vincent on Saturday
Four days after 250 tonnes of disaster relief supplies were packed into the ‘Lady Fazeela’ vessel and departed Guyana’s waters,...
