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As the United States seeks to bolster security cooperation with Guyana and in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins will be in Guyana on a two-day visit from Thursday, the US State Department has announced. While in Guyana, the Under Secretary will […]
The agents of Guyana and Venezuela, in the ongoing border case before the International Court of Justice met today with the President of the Court, Judge Nawaf Salam. The meeting was convened with the agents to discuss the subsequent procedures in the case, pursuant to the Rules of the Court, and to determine whether a […]
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the sanctioning of billionaire Guyanese businessman Nazar Mohamed, his son, Azruddin Mohamed (Azruddin), their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise, and Labour Ministry Permanent Secretary and PPP Central Committee member, Mae Thomas. In a statement, the US Treasury Department said the Mohameds and Thomas have been […]
The Digicel Group has announced the activation of its subsea fibre cable, Deep Blue One, which the company has described as an advanced network with international submarine capacity that will supercharge connectivity across the Caribbean and South America. Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago are to be the big beneficiaries of the new […]
By Svetlana Marshall Residents of Mocha Arcadia and surrounding communities on the East Bank of Demerara did not hold back on voicing their concerns this morning when they met with visiting US Congressman, Johnathan Jackson. Many of them highlighted issues of racial discrimination, victimization, injustice in the housing sector, underdevelopment and inhumane treatment meted to […]
The Head of the Guyana Defence Force is now known as the Chief of Defence Staff. Previously, the Head of the Military was known as the Chief of Staff. President Irfaan Ali announced the plan to change the title earlier this year, and on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Phillips presented an amendment to the Defence […]
President Irfaan Ali has expressed condolences on behalf of the Government and People of Guyana to the Supreme Ruler, Government, and People of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the tragic loss of the country’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The two died in a helicopter crash on Sunday as they were […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the Government of Guyana will treat exports from Trinidad and Tobago in the same manner that Guyanese products are treated by the Twin Island Republic. There were recent concerns about the return of a shipment of packaged milk to Guyana from Trinidad and Tobago. Trade Officials in Trinidad […]
The Minister of Trade and Industry in Trinidad and Tobago, Paula Gopee-Scoon, has denied that Trinidadian authorities rejected a shipment of packaged milk from Guyana, instead indicating that the shipment was returned to Guyana by the Trinidadian distribution partner of Demerara Distillers Limited. Two days ago, Demerara Distillers Limited called an emergency press conference to […]
Demerara Distillers Limited is seeking the intervention of the Government of Guyana and CARICOM over Trinidad and Tobago’s rejection of a shipment of packaged milk and the restriction of the entry of flavoured water exported by the company. At a late afternoon press conference, DDL’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Komal Samaroo explained that the […]
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