Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2022, 12:22 by Denis Chabrol Flood waters from steadily rising rivers in neighbouring Brazil on Monday forced more than 50 persons in Lethem, the capital of  Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo), to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in now filled-to-capacity government shelters, a regional spokeswoman said. Ms. Norma Griffith said in addition to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 23 May 2022, 10:40 by Denis Chabrol The National Library on Monday turned down a previously granted permission to The Forbes Burnham Foundation to hold an exhibition to mark Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary but there appears to be a mix up over the real reason for doing so. Foundation Chairman, Vincent Alexander said approval was granted ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 17:05 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned National Helicopter Services Limited is supporting research work offshore Guyana by the Spanish exploration company, REPSOL, the twin-island nation’s Prime Minister said Sunday. “Our National Helicopter Service, which is the helicopter service that we use here in Trinidad and Tobago in our system, on Saturday ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 15:36 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister  Dr Keith Rowley on Sunday disclosed that the state-owned oil refinery, Petrotrin,  would be available to refine oil from Guyana now that the takeover deal is almost sealed. “The discussion did involve the possibility that if Guyana has oil  and Guyana is interested with ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 14:04 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Sunday welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago to remove all trade barriers. Before the just-concluded Caribbean Investment Forum on Agriculture, the city chamber had urged the Irfaan Ali-led administration not sign a ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 14:35 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said Guyana would be attending next month’s United States-organised Summit of the Americas, even as the  the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would continue to press for fair treatment of its longtime ally, Cuba. “We will continue to represent the decision of Heads (of Government ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 12:28 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that Brazil’s Roraima State would be applying to be part of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) agriculture task force with the aim of producing grains for supply to the region. In exchange for Roraima State offering technology, investment and partnership to Guyana, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 22 May 2022, 10:04 by Denis Chabrol Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday agreed to remove non-tariff barriers to trade in agricultural produce and fast-track the removal of the transport constraints. President Irfaan Ali told a news conference at State House that the two nations were exploring the possibility of a cargo ferry experiment between ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 May 2022, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations on Saturday agreed to craft a proposal to resolve the decades-long problem of regional transportation for agricultural produce and passengers and submit the document to their summit in another two months The three-day Regional Agriculture Investment Forum ended with Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 21 May 2022, 10:31 by Denis Chabrol New York-based Guyanese Attorney-at-Law, Dr. Vivian M. Williams has been admitted to practice in Guyana, saying that he planned to focus heavily on cross-border legal issues for the wider benefit of the society. He cautioned that if those were not properly addressed, they could have “major consequences for citizens” ...