Caribbean & International

Suriname’s Foreign Minister elected new Secretary General of OAS

Surinamese Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin, was today elected as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) replacing Uruguayan diplomat Luis Almagro. Ramdin is the first leader from CARICOM to be elected as OAS Secretary General and will serve in that position until 2030. He previously served the OAS as an Assistant […]

Guyana seeks International Court order to block Venezuela’s plans to host elections for Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo

Guyana has filed a request with the International Court of Justice seeking provisional measures to block Venezuela from moving ahead with its plans to host elections for a Governor of Guyana’s Essequibo region. In a statement this morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Essequibo remains an integral part of Guyana’s national territory, […]

Retired GDF Chief of Staff calls for increased budget spending on Guyana’s defence

Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Dr. Gary Best believes Guyana has got to do more than investing in diplomacy to hold off Venezuela’s ongoing acts of aggression. Appearing on the Nation Watch television programme one day after the incursion of a Venezuelan military vessel in Guyana’s waters near the oil ships, […]

Guyana among three CARICOM states earmarked for World Bank renewable energy project

Guyana is among three CARICOM states set to benefit from a US$131.8 Million World Bank approved project that seeks to address the region’s critical energy challenges and drive economic growth by reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels. The other two beneficiaries are Grenada and St. Lucia. In a statement on Monday, the World Bank said […]

US Ambassador does not anticipate any large scale deportation of undocumented Guyanese nationals

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot today said she does not anticipate a large-scale deportation of illegal Guyanese from the United States. However, she told reporters that regular routine deportations are expected to continue The new U.S government has overhauled its immigration policy and has embarked on a large-scale deportation of undocumented and illegal […]

Mottley calls for quick action to address education crisis in Caribbean

Days after The World Bank released a damning report on the Caribbean’s education sector, describing it as a sector in “crisis”, the Chairman of CARICOM, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on her fellow Caribbean Community Leaders to act and address the crisis that is facing education. Addressing the opening of the CARICOM Regular […]

Trade barriers, free movement of nationals and climate change top Guyana’s agenda at CARICOM meeting in Barbados

President Irfaan Ali is in Barbados for the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting, which opens this evening. In a statement, the President said the Guyana delegation intends to raise a number of issues at the meeting, which includes the slothful removal of trade barriers across the region. He said “this meeting is also looking at […]

Dominican Republic expresses interest in oil exploration offshore Berbice

The Government of the Dominican Republic has expressed its interest in exploring Guyana’s Berbice offshore oil block, as well as developing a potential new refinery and urea plant, President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, announced on Tuesday. Speaking during the opening of the Guyana Energy Conference at the Marriott Hotel, the Dominican Republic President […]

UN Guyana launches Energy Transition Funding Initiative

United Nations (UN) Guyana, in partnership with the Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), has launched the Just Energy Transition Seed Funding Initiative, which is aimed at advancing Guyana’s transition to a low-carbon transportation sector by promoting electric vehicles and expanding renewable energy infrastructure.  Addressing the launch at UN […]

CDB President praises Linden to Lethem road project as transformative for South America-Caribbean Trade

The recently appointed President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Daniel Best, wrapped up his three day visit to Guyana on Thursday. Before his departure, he praised the Government’s development plan for Guyana and zeroed in on the CDB funded Linden-Mabura road and the larger Linden to Lethem road project. In an interview with NCN, Mr. […]