The peace deal that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) helped broker between Guyana and Venezuela in St Vincent last December is a template for others in the world to follow, the grouping’s outcoming chairman, Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica, said Sunday evening. Skerrit, who served as chairman of the 15-nation…
As Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet for four days in Georgetown, the body’s Secretary- General Dr. Carla Barnett stressed that the region must remain a zone of peace. “We are committed to retain the region as a zone of peace despite various border controversies and the…
By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy Guyana and Canada launched a transformative programme on Sunday afternoon to train 2,000 Guyanese to become full-stack developers – or persons who can build and maintain both the front-end and the back-end of a website -and ensure they have high-paying jobs afterwards. Canada is putting CA$9.5…
See below full statement from the from the Commonwealth: A team from the Commonwealth Secretariat, led by the Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, is in Guyana for the 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government. This is part of a series of regional meetings…
Guyana and Canada inked a historic CA $120 million sovereign loan agreement on Sunday, paving the way for the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security to better serve vulnerable groups locally. The agreement was inked by Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Canada’s Minister of International Development Ahmed…
By Vishani Ragober vishani@newsroom.gy The Dominican Republic believes that Caribbean countries must cooperate more with each other and the Spanish-speaking nation is still interested in joining the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), according to its Ambassador to Guyana, Ernesto Torres- Pereyra. Torres-Pereyra was accredited as Ambassador to Guyana in 2023. That accreditation…
Canada’s Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen on Sunday reaffirmed his country’s support for Guyana’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and highlighted that Canada looks forward to a “peaceful” and “diplomatic” settlement of the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy. “We in Canada and the Canadian Government (are) concerned with the ongoing tensions between…
A packed Bush Lot Sports Complex Ground witnessed the Cotton Tree Die Hard team stormed to a championship win in the AJM ‘Mash It Up’ T20 tournament. Cotton Tree comprehensively defeated Achievers ‘A’ in the final by 113 runs. Waqar Hassan claimed 5-14 from four overs, while Kevon Jawahir’s all-round…
The best horses and jockeys will be on show today (Sunday, February 25) at the Rising Sun Turf Club, West Coast Berbice. Eight high-quality races are on the cards for the Jumbo Jet Throughbred Racing Committee Mashramani meet, with action getting underway at 12:30h. The feature race will be the…
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and KFC Guyana have renewed their partnership which sees the fast food company as the title sponsor for Season Six of the Elite League. The sponsor deal is valued G$10 million. Season Six starts today, Sunday, February 25, at the National Training Centre in Providence,…
