By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2016
Caribbean & International, Crime
(BBC) The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina has launched an investigation into whether four nuns helped to hide a hoard of cash and jewels. The probe leader Reverend Tom O’Donnell, said they would try “to determine if there was a canonical crime”. Last month, a former government minister was arrested outside their convent near Buenos […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2016
Caribbean & International, Crime, News
(BBC) Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism, two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games. They were not members of so-called Islamic State but had tried to make contact with the group, officials said. The justice minister said the group was in the planning […]
By News Source Guyana on July 11, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana’s Political Opposition, the People’s Progressive Party is not totally satisfied with the outcome of the recently concluded 37th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). At a press conference on Monday, PPP’s General Secretary Clement Rohee reflected on the meeting and urged the Guyana Government to allow the Parliament to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 10, 2016
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Thousands of people have crossed to Colombia after Venezuela opened their common border to allow its people to buy food and medicine, officials say. The frontier, closed by Venezuela last August as part of a crime crackdown, was to open for 12 hours. Venezuela is going through a deep economic crisis and many […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
CARICOM Leaders have wrapped up their Regular Meeting in Georgetown and have agreed to work much closer to tackle the crime problem facing many member states. Member states are now expected to work much closer in the area of security. As part of that effort, CARICOM will be looking to introduce a regional arrest treaty. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
As Leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepare to wrap up their 37th Regular Meeting today in Guyana, the absence of women representation at the table is being called into focus. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has expressed disappointment, saying that the absence of a female face as the Head of a CARICOM state tells a […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
by Kurt Campbell Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday called on CARICOM leaders to urgently address the increased cases of denial of entry of regional citizens into fellow CARICOM member states. Prime Minister Holness made the call while delivering an address at the opening of the 37th Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM in […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, used his statement at the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Georgetown to wail into critics of the regional body. The Prime Minister lashed out at those who used the newspapers to talk about CARICOM being a comotose body, telling the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 2, 2016
Caribbean & International, News
(Trinidad Guardian) The People’s National Movement (PNM) has extended condolences to the wife and children of former party leader and prime minister Patrick Manning, following the announcement of his death at 8.15 AM this morning. In a release on social media, newly-appointed Public Relations Officer (PRO) Stuart Young said: “It was with a great sense […]
By News Source Guyana on June 27, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
As the United Kingdom continues to deal with the global concerns over its decision to pull out of the European Union, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, is providing assurance that the UK will remain committed to Guyana. There have been concerns expressed locally about the impact that the UK decision could have on […]