President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali received high praises today from the Prime Minister of Belize  John Briceño, for his commitment to transforming the regional agri-food systems. During the opening remarks at the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government which is being held in Ambergris Caye, Belize, the new Chair of CARICOM said that…

Motorsport’s governing body the FIA is to allow Russian competitors to take part in international events despite the country’s invasion of Ukraine. President Mohammed ben Sulayem said the FIA “condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine”. But the statement added that Russian and Belarusian drivers and officials could compete in a neutral capacity. The FIA also…

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will begin a cycle of continuous registration to update the voters’ list starting Monday, March 07, 2022. This was the decision coming out of a meeting of the seven-member Commission on Tuesday. While Commissioners confirmed the outcome, they were hesitant to say how the vote went. But the News Room…

The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday appointed Kurt DaSilva as the Legal Officer. The Guyanese Judicial Counsel, who was based at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), had applied for the post last year and was shortlisted. He was interviewed last Thursday along with three others and named as the successful candidate on…

Nionel Berkley was hardworking; he was loving and caring, his mother related on Tuesday. The 24-year-old of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, died tragically on Monday after colliding with pedestrian 66-year-old Shirley Hollingsworth along the Agricola, East Bank Demerara Road. Police said that the elderly woman remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Berkley…

A total of 25 new COVID-19 infections were reported by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections recorded since March 2020 to 62,946. Importantly, no additional deaths were recorded. As such, the overall death toll remained at 1,220. The new infections were recorded from: Region One (three cases), Region Two…

President Irfaan Ali would like CARICOM leaders to focus more on the removal of trade barriers within the community that continues to affect member states. The President is in San Pedro, Belize attending the Inter-Sessional CARICOM Heads of Government meeting.  He said one of the priority issues that’s should be addressed is the need for…

After spending over the last six years on remand for the 2015 fatal shooting of 48-year-old businessman Ganesh Ramlall called ‘Boyo,’ confessed killer Fazeel Bacchus was on Tuesday released from prison. Bacchus, who is now a state witness in an ongoing murder trial, was on Monday sentenced to six and a half years by Justice…

The Government of Guyana is not happy with the pushback it has been getting regarding the Amaila Falls hydropower project, and Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has conveyed that disappointment. The project is one of the flagship projects of the last PPP government but was scrapped when the former APNU+AFC took government in 2015. When…

As local authorities now shift their focus towards searching for the bodies of the three fishermen who have been missing for more than a week, the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill revealed that the boat’s captain had a fake license. “I am very concerned that we are not being misled or we are not…