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-by Ravin Singh- THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018 has recommended in its report the decriminalization of marijuana across member-states. The report will be presented to Heads-of-Government at the 39th conference of the regional body which will be held in Montego Bay, Jamaica from July 4-6. At a press conference on Monday, […]
Following the announcement by Venezuela this morning that it will not participate in the International Court case to settle the border controversy with Guyana, the Government of Guyana has announced that it intends to invoke the statute of the Court that provides for the Court making a judgement when one party decides to opt out. […]
The Government of Venezuela has indicated to the International Court of Justice that it will not be participating in the court case to bring an end to the decades old border controversy with Guyana. The matter was transferred to the International Court by the United Nations Secretary General. Venezuela had objected to that move. In […]
For the first time, a Guyanese will have a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The foreign affairs ministry announced last evening that Guyanese lawyer, Dr. Christopher Arif Bulkan has been elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Committee for a term of four years from 2019 – 2022. Dr. Bulkan […]
The ExxonMobil company today announced that it has commenced development drilling offshore Guyana. According to a statement, development drilling began last month for the first of 17 wells planned for Phase 1, laying the foundation for production startup in 2020. The company and its co-venturers have so far discovered estimated recoverable resources of more than […]
Hope is fading among regional leaders when it comes to the full implementation of all elements of the CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME). Some CARICOM leaders believe the realization of the CSME’s full potential will not be accomplished in the foreseeable future. That is the contention of Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, […]
Barbados is waking up this morning to a new Prime Minister. Mia Motley has led her Barbados Labour party to victory at yesterday’s elections and will become the first female Prime Minister of the island. Unofficial results show a clean sweep across the island which will result in a parliament with no official opposition. According […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration called Tuesday for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down. “For the safety and security of all the peoples of Latin America, it is time for Maduro to go,” said the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley during a speech on Latin America. “I am not sure how we […]
Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres met Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday at UN Headquarters in New York. The meeting was a closed door one. Only a photo opportunity was available to the press. The meeting may have been a briefing from the Foreign Minister about Guyana’s […]
The Government of Venezuela is maintaining that the International Court does not have jurisdiction in the border controversy issue with Guyana and it therefore rejects the move to the Court for a final settlement of the controversy. One day after Guyana officially filed its application to the International Court in the Hague, the Venezuelan Foreign […]
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