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In a ground-breaking surgery locally, a team at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) led by its Chief Executive Officer, and Guyanese born heart surgeon, Dr Gary Stephens, has successfully conducted an open-heart surgery utilising cow tissue to reconstruct a patient’s heart. In a statement today, CHI said the procedure, is the first-ever open-heart surgery of […]
Just after his meeting with President Irfaan Ali and a joint press conference, the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken met with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton at the US Embassy today. At that meeting, Mr. Norton said that in addition to raising a number of national issues with Mr. Blinken, he also presented him with […]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, plans to continue his push for a robust international security force in Haiti. He made his position known as he addressed the 45th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Trinidad and Tobago. Arriving in the Twin Island Republic from Haiti, the UN […]
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley has sounded the alarm over the many challenges facing regional governments and the countries of the region themselves. At the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain, Dr. Rowley said “never before, have small states faced the broad and deep range […]
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and though satisfied with the progress made by the Community over the last 50 years, CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, believes the time is now to confront those challenges. The Secretary General made the comments while addressing the opening of the 45th Regular Meeting of […]
Declaring that transformation is not about a nice building or a new road, President Irfaan Ali told a gathering of Guyanese in Canada on Saturday that he firmly believes that prosperity can only come to the country if it is united. He explained that with its existing challenges, Guyana cannot afford to be divided, even […]
-by Svetlana Marshall- Highlighting that all is not well in Latin America and the Caribbean with food security, President Irfaan Ali today urged the Region’s Agriculture Ministers to devise an integrated plan to tackle the issue of food insecurity as the region’s people continue to pay dearly for a healthy diet. In his keynote address, […]
The bidding period for the 14 oil blocks offshore Guyana is being further extended, as the Government works to modernize the legal framework that governs the local oil and gas industry, and simultaneously finalize the model Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), that will guide the operation of the new blocks. According to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, […]
The Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings and Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George, today hailed the work of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in advancing jurisprudence in the Caribbean region, noting that in Guyana alone, the CCJ has delivered several ground breaking judgements. The Caribbean Court of Justice is currently hosting sittings […]
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is facing yet another breach in the Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examination papers for this year. In a statement this afternoon, the regional education body announced that a cabinet of test papers for nine subject areas was stolen from a school in Jamaica today. CXC said the exam papers heist is […]
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