CARICOM Heads appoint VP Jagdeo to lead improvement of financing strategy for climate adaptation
CARICOM Heads on Wednesday agreed on the need to immediately improve the fiscal structures in place to address climate change and adaptation. Notably, Vice...
Improvement in 55 per cent cancer survival rate among children, adolescents needed in Latin...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for improvements in survival rates of children and adolescents with cancer, currently at 55% in Latin...
CELAC concerned over lack of vaccine delivery to Region; backs CARICOM’s call for global...
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is supporting the Caribbean Community’s call for a global summit to urgently address the issue...
Works on feasibility study, design of Guyana/Suriname bridge underway
The Government of Guyana has received several bids from companies seeking to conduct the feasibility study and preliminary design for the construction of the...
63 percent of people in Latin America, Caribbean vaccinated against COVID-19 – PAHO
The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) says that 63% of people in Latin America and the Caribbean have now been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Despite this, the...
PM Gonsalves conferred with Order of Roraima
– described as ‘Caribbean man’ by President Ali
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been conferred with Guyana’s second...
Relationship between Barbados and Guyana a model for CARICOM- President Ali
President Dr Irfaan Ali said that Guyana and Barbados are working to create a success model for the Caribbean Region that will focus heavily on...
Failing to act on Jagdeo’s advice; CARICOM’s food import bill balloons by US$3.2B
Seventeen years ago, then President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo warned CARICOM leaders about the importance of removing key trade barriers.
In fact, the economist had...
MOU signed to establish Guyana-Suriname Private Sector Business Council
Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Suriname Trade and Industry Association (STIA) to strengthen bilateral relationships between...
Contract for Guyana/Berbice River Bridge likely to be awarded this week
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill said construction of the Corentyne River Bridge from Guyana to Suriname will commence soon, as representatives from...
