Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders will over the next two days discuss the extent to which nationals of member states are being allowed to move and work freely throughout the region. Secretary General of the 15-nation grouping, Irwin La Rocque on Monday told the opening of the 37th regular summit in Guyana that immigration officers must be trained to abide by ...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves on Monday urged fellow Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders to stop lamenting about the impact of Britain’s exit (BREXIT) from the European Union (EU) and instead explore available opportunities as a result of that move. Gonsalves said there was no room for Caricom to join in the “hysteria” about BREXIT. “We have ...

Suriname’s President, Desi Bouterse on Monday urged Caribbean Community (Caricom) member states that are involved in mining and oil to  unite towards industrialisation rather than continue to be vulnerable to global commodity prices. “Those member-states of Caricom and the wider Caribbean, which have been dependent on the extractive sectors, need to get together to discuss meaningful ways to shift from the ...

Reproduced from Omaha World-Herald By Courtney Brummer-Clark /  staff writer Every day for the past year, Emily Garcia has grabbed a basket of laundry and walked a short distance to the nearby river, where she not only washes her clothes but also bathes. It’s the rainy season in Malali, Guyana, so the river current is fast. When she finishes, she walks ...

Four time CARICOM  10 kilometre winner Cleveland Forde of Guyana copped his fifth title in the latest edition of the CARICOM 10k Race on Sunday morning (July 3) in his native Guyana, the Caricom Secretariat said in a statement. He completed the race in 32:39 minutes. Linda McDonald  brought victory to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the female category with ...

Refined screening procedures to accelerate the process for North American passengers transiting in Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport, enroute to Guyana, on Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will come into effect Wednesday, July 6, 2016, authorities said  Sunday. Officials from CheddiJagan International Airport (CJIA) – headed by its Chairman of the Board, Stephen Fraser – and Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) recently met ...

The man responsible for the plot of land where Stabroek Market vendors were relocated has disputed claims by Town Clerk, Royston King that the municipality was likely to get a three-month extension fpr the vendors to continue selling. Instead, Mr. Hareshnarine “Chiney” Sugrim said he never had any such discussions with King and that come early August, 2016 the vendors ...

In what appears to be an intensified tit-for-tat, former President Donald Ramotar on Friday released a letter from Brian Tiwari to refute the prominent businessman’s claim that he had abandoned the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) long before  last year’s  general elections and supported the coalition. However, Tiwari said he had felt compelled to write the letter for fear that ...

The installation of about 6,000 solar panel systems at State House, the President’s Official Residence, is set to become a political football match between the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) and the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition-led administration. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said most of the GYD$48.6 million was spent on the purchase and installation of the solar panel systems ...

President David Granger  and Suriname’s President, Desi Bouterse are due to discuss the Guyana-Suriname border dispute over the New River Triangle when they meet Friday in Paramaribo. “The Guyana/Suriname Border issue is also expected to be on the agenda. The Head of State noted that he expects that the meeting will see some modalities being established so that the two ...