Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are impatient by the failure so far by the region’s private sector to invest in a transportation system to move mainly agricultural cargo, President Irfaan Ali said Friday. He cautioned at the opening of the 2nd Regional Agri-Investment Forum in Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, that if CARICOM’s private sector failed ...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali- the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) leader who is responsible for agriculture- on Friday said the region has made “significant progress” towards the 25 percent reduction of its food imports by 2025, even as a number of member-states have submitted proposals to Republic Bank to tap into a US$100 million credit facility. Addressing the 2nd CARICOM Agri-Investment Forum ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Friday quashed the murder conviction of Jarvis Small for the murder of 16-year old Neesa Gopaul whose body was found inside a suitcase submerged in a creek on the Linden Soesdyke Highway. “In summary, the court allowed the appeal against conviction and sentence of Jarvis Small and it dismissed the appeal of Bibi ...

Just weeks after Guyana began importing Blackbelly sheep from Barbados,  the Sheep Farmers Inc. of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) said it was embarking on a new project to import a breed of sheep that can be crossed with the local Blackbelly variety which is not very profitable, Barbados Today reported on Thursday. Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zukfikar Mustapha has already ...

The five men, who were arrested Thursday morning after a high-speed chase, allegedly committed several robberies as they moved about in a stolen car in whose trunk they locked the driver, police said. Police say one of the four suspected bandits, who were arrested during an exchange of gunfire, has admitted that they robbed more than five persons after they ...

Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday agreed to begin mapping an energy strategy to maximise and integrate their natural gas reserves with those from Suriname and Brazil into the proposed South America energy corridor. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said energy officials of his country, Guyana and Suriname would meet and produce  recommendations by the end ...

Police early Thursday morning rescued a taxi driver from his car trunk after shooting and injuring two suspected bandits and arresting two other accomplices in a yard in the vicinity of Hunter Street, Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. The law enforcement agency said that after a high-speed chase, a white Allion car, bearing license plate PSS2705, crashed into a ...

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Wednesday hinted that government would make the bundling of oil and gas sector contracts by oil companies and their sub-contractors illegal in order to give Guyanese companies a fair opportunity to benefit from the rapidly emerging industry here. “We are looking at all possible areas to strengthen. However, consultations will be held before ...

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday sought to discredit claims by embattled Sergeant Dion Bascom that there was a cover up the gunning down of Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes more than one year ago outside Palm Court, Georgetown. Instead, that law enforcement agency said it was getting international help in the hope of bringing to justice those responsible for ...

Trinidad and Tobago is interested in joining the proposed South American natural gas energy corridor, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday ahead of his departure for an official visit to that twin-island nation. He told reporters that Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has expressed an interest in being part of the natural gas link known as Arco Norte. ...