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Savita Singh makes history with Chutney Soca Monarch win(Trinidad and Tobago Express) Savita Singh created history on Monday morning when she became the first woman to win the Chutney Soca Monarch title. Singh performed her song, The Ring, and delivered a drone light show to the thousands who gathered at Skinner Park in San Fernando. Rasika Dindial placed second with her hit chutney...
Guyana, Belize call for agricultural integration and removal of regional trade barriersBelize and Guyana have committed to strengthening agricultural cooperation and dismantling long-standing regional trade barriers, as President Dr. Mohamed...
Fmr CDB President passes awayFormer President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. William Warren Smith passed away. Dr. Smith served as the bank’s President...
CARICOM will not interfere in Guyana unless democratic, judicial processes break down – Secretary-GeneralThe Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque Tuesday said the 15-member regional trade and integration bloc will not interfere in...
Guyanese woman charged in T&T with misbehaving on flight[Trinidad News Day] – A Guyanese woman appeared before magistrate Cheron Raphael in the Arima Magistrates’ First Court yesterday charged...
$96M Disaster Management Centre to be built in LethemThe sod was turned Wednesday for the construction of the first of its kind Disaster Management Centre in Lethem Region...
US Diplomat urges private sector to hold Gov’t accountableUnited States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah Ann Lynch on Tuesday urged the private sector to hold the Government accountable on...
NEW ELECTIONS: CCJ to decide on consequential orders by July 12With no consensus from the parties involved, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set a deadline “on or before...
Zika virus: Guyana ranks No.1 in South America for microcephalyA comparison of cases of the Zika virus, which results in microcephaly (a condition in which babies are born with...
CARICOM calls for ‘immediate unconditional’ end to US embargo against CubaBy Bibi Khatoon The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called for an immediate end to the United States commercial, economic, and financial embargo against...
Guyana to host meeting of CARICOM, Cuban Foreign MinistersForeign Ministers of CARICOM and Cuba will be in Georgetown for their sixth meeting on Friday, June 14, 2019 at...
Norton worries Venezuelan migrants could change Caribbean culturesBy Isanella Patoir The Minister of Social Cohesion Dr George Norton has expressed worry that the wave of Venezuelan migration...
Brazil’s top court votes to make homophobia a crime[BBC] – A majority in Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted in favour of making homophobia and transphobia crimes. Six out...
Brazilian navy ships in Guyana for military drills at seaThree vessels of the Brazilian Navy docked in Port Georgetown and are berthed at the wharf at Coast Guard Ship...
Renowned Trinidadian journalist Wesley Gibbings launches book of poems in GuyanaBy Isanella Patoir Award winning Trinidadian journalist and poet, Wesley Gibbings launched his fifth collection of poems at Moray House,...
Unemployment drops to record low 8 per cent in JamaicaJamaica Observer – DIRECTOR General of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) Carol Coy announced Tuesday that in January 2019...
ExxonMobil makes 13th discovery offshore GuyanaDirector of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe has announced that ExxonMobil has made its 13th discovery offshore Guyana, this time at...
Venezuela fails to submit case on why Int’l Court does not have power to hear border caseThe Venezuelan Government has refused to file documents countering Guyana’s arguments that the International Court of Justice can hear and...
LIAT is Guyana Carnival’s official airlineLiat, the Caribbean Airline, has signed on as Guyana Carnival’s official regional airline for the second year in a row,...
30 Venezuelans being kept at Eve Leary as Gov’t seeks accommodationAfter one week, thirty Venezuelans are still being kept at the Guyana Police Force’s Eve Leary office, as the Government...
Gov’t seeking accommodation for over 60 Venezuelan migrantsThe Government is currently seeking accommodation for 66 Venezuelans who travelled to Georgetown in the early hours of Wednesday. Minister...
