Caribbean & International

President urges citizens not to abuse British visitor’s visa lift

Moments after the announcement by British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, that Guyanese will no longer require a visitor’s visa to travel to the UK from next month, President Irfaan Ali urged Guyanese not to the abuse the system. The President said today’s announcement culminates lots of hard work and negotiations and Guyanese must […]

Haiti begs CARICOM for help to address humanitarian and security crisis

CARCOM Heads of Government have received a letter from the Prime Minister of Haiti, Dr. Ariel Henry, calling for solidarity and requesting assistance to alleviate the deepening humanitarian, security, political, and economic crises in Haiti. In a statement this afternoon, the CARICOM Secretariat noted that the actions of criminal gangs have resulted in the complete […]

Guyana writes Facebook and Twitter over Venezuela’s disinformation and use of incorrect maps on their platforms

The Government of Guyana through Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, has written to social media sites Facebook and Twitter, requesting that all illegal maps by Venezuela laying claim to Guyana’s territory, be removed from their social media platforms. The Foreign Secretary penned the letters in light of what is being seen as a renewed disinformation campaign […]

1899 Arbitral Award establishing Guyana/Venezuela land boundary must be respected -US Asst. Secretary of State

The United State Government has indicated that it is in support of a peaceful resolution to the ongoing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. As Guyana quietly observed the 123rd anniversary of the signing of the arbitral award between Guyana and Venezuela which set the land boundaries, the US  Assistant Secretary of State for the […]

Guyana maintains its commitment to a peaceful process in border controversy row with Venezuela

Venezuela is not too pleased with statements made by President Irfaan Ali, during his recent UN General Assembly speech and has dispatched a Communique with its dissatisfaction During his address President Ali said the Guyana Government will make the most of every diplomatic tool for a peaceful settlement of the border controversy as set out […]

Government plans to make agriculture more “fashionable” to attract women and youths -Pres. Ali

There is a need to attract more women and young people into the field agriculture, according to President Irfaan Ali. During his virtual address to the Science Summit of the United Nations General Assembly, the President said the government is formulating a strategy which includes the increase use of technology to make agriculture fashionable for […]

President Ali calls on international community to re-examine financial gap and debt portfolio of developing states

President Irfaan Ali addressed the UN General Assembly today and called for an immediate re-examination of the financing gap and the debt portfolio of developing countries. The President made the call as he spoke about the hardships being faced by many developing states as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He said a reopening of […]

British Airways officials in Guyana ahead of March launching of service

With British airways preparing to begin its schedule service between Georgetown and London from next March, several officials from the company are currently in Guyana to lay the ground work for the March 2023 take-off. Today, the officials met and held discussions with Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill who holds responsibility for the aviation […]