By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2025
Business, Caribbean & International, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali, this morning launched a crop insurance initiative which will benefit more than 6,000 rice farmers across the country. The initiative is aimed at providing financial and other support to rice farmers that experience crop damage due to flooding, pesticide or pesticide infestation. During the launch of the initiative in Essequibo, the President […]
By News Source Guyana on July 22, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Guyana have signed the agreement for the deployment of the Electoral Observer Mission (EOM) that will observe the Guyana’s upcoming General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025. The agreement was signed at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, by OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2025
Caribbean & International, Education, News, Politics
The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government opened in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Sunday with the CARICOM Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett challenging the Regional leaders to recommit to the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). In her address to the Regional leaders, Dr Barnett said […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Justice Winston Anderson has been sworn in as the new President of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Justice Anderson, who joined the regional Court fifteen years ago as its youngest judge, has replaced Justice Adrian Saunders, who retired last month. Anderson was sworn in as the Court’s fourth President on the heels of the opening […]
By News Source Guyana on July 3, 2025
Caribbean & International, Elections, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali this afternoon signed the proclamations dissolving the 12th Parliament and the 10 Regional Democratic Councils to make way for the upcoming General and Regional Elections to be held on the 1st September 2025. The proclamations came five weeks after the President first announced the elections date. In a video statement released by […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2025
Business, Caribbean & International, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali on Friday commissioned the World Trade Centre Georgetown, saying that the opening signifies a new high for Guyana. During his address, the President said it was important to establishments like the World Trade Centre to signify Guyana’s positioning in the global community. He said the Government is trying to position country in […]
By News Source Guyana on June 11, 2025
Caribbean & International, Crime, News, Politics
One day after the US delivered seven Guyanese deportees home, the Guyana Government is warning Guyanese of the consequences of entering and living in the United States illegally. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed today that it received an official diplomatic note from the Government of the United States advising of the strict enforcement measures […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The 60th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened this morning with the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister for Barbados, Kerrie Symmonds, stating that regional businesses are battling the effects of the imposition of new and unexpected tariffs imposed on countries within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He said […]
By News Source Guyana on June 4, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana is hopeful that the United Nations Conference on the two-state solution will move the needle on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carloyn Rodrigues-Birkett said Guyana believes that the UN conference, which is set to take place later this month, will bring attention to the two-state solution at […]
By News Source Guyana on June 2, 2025
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Guyana has assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of June. Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carloyn Rodrigues-Birkett, will chair the month’s activities, which includes a heavy focus on global security. In a release today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation explained that the month’s […]