PM Pierre to attend the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum

PM Pierre to attend the AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum

Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre is set to attend the second annual AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF2023) in Guyana. This esteemed initiative resulted from the partnership between the African Export-Import Bank (“AFREXIMBANK”) and key stakeholders from the Caribbean region. ACTIF2023, scheduled to take place from October 30-31, 2023, is a critical event aimed […]

Massive Oil Company Buyout will affect Guyana Stabroek Oilfields

Massive Oil Company Buyout will affect Guyana Stabroek Oilfields

Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com Chevron Corporation announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Hess Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hess in an all-stock transaction valued at US$ 53 billion. The total enterprise value, including assumed debt, of the transaction is US$ 60 billion. Back […]

IMF Predicts Major Growth in Guyana Economy

IMF Predicts Major Growth in Guyana Economy

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, in its latest economic outlook for the Western Hemisphere, says Guyana will continue to experience robust economic expansion, even as other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean face less favorable growth conditions and brace for a slowdown in their productive sectors. Guyana is expected to grow its economy by […]

Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Controversy

Statement by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Guyana-Venezuela Border Controversy

By CARICOM Press The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes the decision of the Venezuelan National Assembly to conduct a popular referendum on defending Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo. CARICOM further notes that two of the questions approved to be posed in the Referendum, if answered in the affirmative, would authorise the government of the Bolivarian Republic […]

Good Time to Invest in Fast-Growing Guyana

Good Time to Invest in Fast-Growing Guyana

With the major transformation taking place, Guyana is seen as a place of bountiful opportunities for both local and foreign investors. At least that is the view from the UK perspective according to British High Commissioner, Jane Miller, as she spoke about the business relationship between Guyana and the United Kingdom (UK). During a recent interview […]

President Irfaan Ali on Guyana’s emerging role as a global leader

President Irfaan Ali on Guyana’s emerging role as a global leader

Good afternoon, President Irfaan Ali of Guyana told the Atlantic Council today: “We cannot achieve net zero if we’re arguing against each other (…) Any conversation on this matter that locks out the producers of oil, or investors in gas, is not a balanced conversation.” On the upcoming COP28 in Dubai, he argued: “We are going into COP28 with so many unresolved […]

Mature Response From Guyana At ICJ Victory Over Venezuela

Mature Response From Guyana At ICJ Victory Over Venezuela

By Sir Ronald Sanders   Guyana has won a second judgement in an ongoing case against Venezuela, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague,“to confirm the legal validity and binding effect” of an 1899 arbitration that determined the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela as“a full, perfect and final settlement”. The Court made […]

President Ali Tells Leopold St Residents: We Want to Work With You

President Ali Tells Leopold St Residents: We Want to Work With You

Georgetown, Guyana (November 27): His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali told residents of Leopold Street in Werk-en-Rust that his Government’s development plan for the country will positively impact every single community and benefit all of its citizens. He made this assertion as he interacted with scores of residents during a visit to the area this morning. […]

Bihari Lall, Guyanese Food Maven Receives Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship at CARAH Gala

Bihari Lall, Guyanese Food Maven Receives Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship at CARAH Gala

Photo Courtesy: CARAH Gala Bihari Lall, the Franchise owner of Denny’s Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, will receive the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award at the prestigious 29th Annual Caribbean-American Heritage (CARAH) Awards Gala held on Friday, November 18, 2022, at the JW Marriott Hotel, Washington, DC. Mr. Lall is also the owner of two businesses in the […]