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‘Diplomat for a Day’ programme hosts five young women at CARICOM headquarters
Young diplomats for a day. From left: Amelie Burnham; Chanecia La Rose; Kyra Adams; Adana Dorrick; Natassia AshbyOn Tuesday, June 24, 2024, a delegation of young women who assumed diplomatic roles participated in a special commemoration of the...

Guyana seeks support for its IICA candidacy at OAS General Assembly
Dominica News Online - Thursday, June 26th, 2025 at 9:00 PM President of Guyana Dr. Ali and IICA’s candidate Dr. Ibrahim (right) and President AliThe Government of Guyana has formally requested regional support for Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim as its...

TT Chamber CEO: Celebrating Caribbean innovation
Business Newsday 14 Hrs Ago TT Chamber CEO Vashti Guyadeen addresses Belizean stakeholders during TT's trade mission to Belize - VASHTI GUYADEEN In this week's column, the TT Chamber is pleased to share the feature address delivered by chamber CEO...

Guyana’s first Mental Health Court launched
To ensure citizens with mental health issues who come into conflict with the law are treated with dignity, fairness, and empathy, the country’s first Mental Health Court was launched on Thursday. There is no physical building designated for the...
Quadrupling non-energy exports will not fill forex gap
Raphael John-Lall Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association’s (TTMA) has revealed that its recent trade missions abroad have generated millions of dollars as the participating manufacturers seek to play their part in...
Young women engage CARICOM official...
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Thursday, 26 June 2025) - A group of young women who played the role of diplomats in commemoration of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy on Tuesday, June 24, 2024, were welcomed...

Guyana Seeks OAS Support for IICA Top Post as Assembly Meets in Antigua
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA The Government of Guyana presented to the General Assembly of the...

Wilders Backs Asylum Reform Legislation After Win on Provision to Criminalise Illegal Migration
Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders announced Wednesday that his Party for Freedom (PVV) will support proposed reforms to the asylum system in the Netherlands after securing a key concession to officially criminalise being an illegal migrant in...
Deadline extension: basic training course on ocean acidification
Dates: 11-15 August 2025 Location: Kingston, Jamaica Deadline for receipt of application from the nominating national authority: 2 July 2025 Form A and Form C The course is a cooperative effort organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s...

New digital ID cards to help gov’t track foreigners in Guyana
Guyana is implementing a new biometric electronic identification system, a venture that the country’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, said will help the government track foreigners who are in the country. “Everyone else who is not Guyanese...

Jurassic World: Rebirth (English)
Jurassic World: Rebirth (English) is scheduled to be released on 04 July, 2025. JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH is the story of a group of humans in a no-go zone. The public interest in dinosaurs has waned. They are dead or either dying and the only set...

Antigua hosts OAS meet
Former Suriname Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Ramchand Ramdin attends a plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024. Photo by URS FLUEELER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images...

Historic Mental Health Court to focus on rehab, reintegration
(Left to right) Dr. Narine Singh, Chief Medical Officer for the Ministry of Health; UNICEF Deputy Representative for Guyana and Suriname, Gabriel Vockel; Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC; Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette...
Solemn rituals, thrilling stunts open Edina Bakatue
By Prince Acquah Elmina (C/R), July 02, GNA – A refreshing thick cloud of enthusiasm, exhilaration, and anticipation formed over the ancient city of Elmina when hundreds of ecstatic citizens and expatriates thronged the banks of the Benya Lagoon...

Mercosur-EFTA deal: South America, Europe forge new economic corridor with free trade pact
South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur has signed a trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after 10 years of negotiation amid global economic uncertainties read more South America’s largest trading bloc,...

Some inequities in CARICOM: Urgent resolution required
By Unity Labour Party (Excerpts of a Speech by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Opening Ceremony of the 77th Meeting of the OECS Authority on June 17, 2025 at Sandals Resort, SVG) General trade issues First, it is...

Mental Health Court launched in Guyana
The Judiciary of Guyana in partnership with the Government of Guyana and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) today launched Guyana’s first Mental Health Court. The Mental Health Court will provide an alternative approach for individuals with...

Total Recall: Energy supermajor eyes T&T comeback
More than a decade after exiting Trinidad and Tobago, one of the world’s energy supermajors, TotalEnergies, is considering a return, according to Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal. Moonilal made the disclosure in Parliament on Monday, revealing...
Grants for Initiatives on the History of Slavery Available from 11 August
The history of slavery is a painful but important part of our shared history. For a long time, this injustice received little attention, while its impact is still felt today. That is why, starting in August 2025, a new grant programme will be...

Charles Town Maroons honour matriarch Gloria ‘Mama G’ Simms
AGAINST THE background of a blazing and crackling ‘bunfire’, Gloria ‘Mama G’ Simms stood, like a spectre of Nanny of the Maroons, as a beaming MC Daveai Ellis handed her a lifetime achievement trophy given to her by the Charles Town Maroons of...