Regional

Trade between Guyana and China topped US$710 million (or about GY $148.6 billion), at the end of 2021- a figure that is just a fraction of the increases recorded over the past five years, Chinese Ambassador Guo Haiyan highlighted on Monday.…

The Government of Cuba has granted approval to Suriname Fly All Ways Airlines to fly a non-stop route, Georgetown/Havana/Georgetown, with effect from June 15, 2022. According to a press release from the Embassy of Guyana in Cuba,…

See below an Editorial published by the Trinidad Express newspaper on June 12, 2022: As expected, boycotts over the Biden administration’s invitation list dominated the Ninth Summit of the Organisation of the Americas (OAS) in Los…

By Vishani Ragobeer in Los Angeles Vishani@newsroom.gy Cuba shares close ties with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and as hemispheric leaders gathered in Los Angeles, California for the IX Summit of the Americas, Caribbean leaders…

By Vishani Ragobeer in Los Angeles Vishani@newsroom.gy Caribbean leaders continue to lament the harsher impact world crises have on the region in an attempt to galvanise international support but Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali says…

By Vishani Ragobeer in Los Angeles Vishani@newsroom.gy Brazil’s President Jair Bolsanaro boasts of his country’s natural resource prowess but has backed a budding partnership in oil and gas with its continental neighbours Guyana and…

By Vishani Ragobeer in Los Angeles Vishani@newsroom.gy   Guyana and other states in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will engage Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, on a new US/ Caribbean Climate initiative that is…

After more than a year of negotiations, Scotiabank on Thursday announced that it is no longer selling its operations to First Citizens Bank. “Scotiabank announced today that the agreement for the sale of its banking operations in Guyana…

Venezuela has objected to the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it has the right to hear and determine Guyana’s argument for a final settlement of the longstanding border controversy. This means that the court…

By Vishani Ragobeer in Los Angeles Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana is seeking to make a strong case for much fairer policies and a new trade system, both of which are expected to advance the development of countries in the Caribbean…