The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said customs officers on Tuesday seized a quantity of gold jewellery from three passengers, two of whom are US citizens, who were attempting to leave on an outbound American Airlines flight for New York, USA. GRA said the 240 ounces of virtually pure gold, disguised as silver plated jewellery, is valued at more than US$560,000 ...

The future is here with best-in-class connectivity to French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago Kingston, Jamaica – Tuesday, June 4, 2024 – Digicel Group on Tuesday announced the activation of its subsea fibre cable, Deep Blue One. The company said that “significant investment” in international submarine capacity will supercharge connectivity across the Caribbean and South America, particularly benefiting ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has ruled out the need for its party groups and individual members in the United States (US) to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) because they do not seek to influence the American government or public, although legal experts in the US believe otherwise. “The defining activity has to do with the ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ordered the Guyana government to compensate the Akawaio community at Isseneru (Region 7: Cuyuni-Mazaruni) for violating their rights to land, mining by themselves and health services. “Such reparations should include compensation, satisfaction and any other measures that may be appropriate in accordance with Inter-American standards, including the provision of the required health ...

Former firebrand trade unionist with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), medical doctor Anwar Hussein has died, his employer, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) said on Monday. The NIS described Dr Hussain, its Medical Advisor, as someone who was “an invaluable part of our organization, whose dedication and commitment left a lasting impact on all who worked with him.” He ...

Guyana is preparing to boost the production of Vannamei prawns for export, with financing from US$100 million that have been set aside by a Trinidad-headquartered bank to develop agriculture in the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has said. He said the aim is to produce 3,960 tonnes of prawns annually for export to the United States and ...

As part of the government’s drive to ensure engineers executing public works are held accountable, the Engineer’s Bill will soon be tabled in the National Assembly, government’s Department of Public Information reported on Sunday. Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, made the disclosure during a workshop at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown, on Thursday. “Very soon, I’ll be ...

Guyana on Sunday welcomed United States (US) President, Joe Biden’s proposed Israel-Hamas deal to end Israel’s war on Gaza, but again pegged lasting peace to a two-state solution. “We have noted that the proposal aligns in several ways with previous decisions taken by the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly to end the war, and which Guyana supported,” ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC Bullies only understand punishment. This is the conclusion arrived at by Professor Joshua Goldstein, author of the bestselling textbook on international relations on that subject, and a former colleague of mine at American University, Washington DC. Goldstein, who can be best described as a ‘defensive realist,’ came to this conclusion ...

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Friday told Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes that that constitutional body has begun discussing his request for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to be directed to stop using the word “negro”. Describing his letter to the ERC Chief Executive Officer, Gomin Camacho as a “complaint”, she told Mr Hughes that his concerns were being treated with ...