Caribbean News

A two-day Regional Health Security (RHS) workshop, hosted by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), is underway at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana. The event brings together representatives from across the Caribbean to discuss and operationalise the 2022 RHS framework to transition it from strategy into actionable plans. The workshop comes at a critical
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The trial into the March 2020 General and Regional Elections resumed on Monday, and a decision was taken for a site visit to be done at the Ashmins Building, which is a central location referenced throughout the trial. The visit is slated for Wednesday at 09:30 hrs. The Ashmins Building, which served as the Guyana
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Georgetown, Guyana & Chicago, USA — Findings from a rapid inventory of one of the most pristine and least-explored corners of the Amazon Basin were presented at the recent Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit in Georgetown, Guyana. An international team of scientists and Indigenous experts surveyed the 1.5 million-hectare Acarai-Corentyne Corridor, in southeastern Guyana, discovering more
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Tickets for all Guyana Amazon Warriors home fixtures in the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will go on sale from Tuesday July 29 at  08:00h. The Warriors will take the field at Providence from September 6 to 14, looking for the support of their home crowd. They are playing host to all other
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Air travel to the Amerindian village of Karisparu in Region Eight is now safer and more dependable following a $314.4 million upgrade to the community’s airstrip. The investment transformed the once uneven, sand-gravel runway, which was prone to waterlogging during heavy rainfall and poor aircraft performance in dry conditions, into a fully functional concrete surface.
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Community wealth-building, regional development, and national productivity are the cornerstones of the PPP/C administration’s economic expansion strategy for the next five years, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced during a live address on Sunday. At the core of the plan is support for small businesses, agriculture and community industries, alongside major investments in infrastructure and education.
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President Dr. Irfaan Ali pledged significant interventions to tackle the cost of living over the next five years, with a focus on essential services such as energy, water, transport, food, and housing. He was addressing the country in a live broadcast on Facebook on Sunday. With a clear priority on affordability, the President announced: A
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In a Sunday afternoon address live on Facebook, President Dr. Irfaan Ali laid out what he described as a “deliberate and clear strategy” to reduce poverty across Guyana, committing to a multi-pronged approach that targets every layer of vulnerability in society—from the unemployed to pensioners, schoolchildren, and indigenous communities. The President stated that the next
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Politician and attorney-at-law James Bond joined the PPP/C’s campaign in Region One over the weekend, speaking to the business community in Kumaka and later addressing residents of the Indigenous village of Tobago. In a familiar return to his roots, Bond recalled spending his formative years in Mabaruma and proudly acknowledged that his first scholarship was
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Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday night urged his supporters to accept assistance from any political source — “whether they are government or leopard” — referring to both the incumbent PPP/C and businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s emerging WIN party, while rehashing key elements of APNU’s promises. In a sparsely attended public meeting at Bagotsville, Norton said
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