The Books for Back Home Drive saw a record number of donations enabling a large shipment of books in support of literacy in the Caribbean. The Indo-Caribbean Canadian Association (“ICCA”) is proud to announce a successful book drive supporting local community-based literacy initiatives in Guyana and Trinidad. The Canadian based community-led organization raised over 2000 […]
The food import bill in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states, may be reduced by up to 25 per cent in 2025 due to the establishment of the Guyana/Barbados food terminal in Barbados. This is according to the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley who was speaking during a joint press conference on Friday with the […]
Vinay Harrichan- The Cutlass a story of survival and triumph By Upala Sen With permission of The Telegraph India Indian arrival – Off the Kin Ship Even history favours those born of privilege. They who are conceived in deprivation must scramble to piece together that generational mirror smashed […]
Guyana Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira told an audience in Toronto last week that she is sanguine about Guyana’s prospects despite the recent challenges posed by flooding, COVID, etc. Oil and gas offer real opportunities for Guyana to fulfil the promise of a better life for every citizen. But she cautioned that […]
Former Guyana president Donald Ramotar on a private visit to Ontario Says proportional representation system partly to blame for racial problems By Lincoln DePradine The system of proportional representation (PR), under which seats are allocated to the National Assembly of Guyana following general elections, is partly to blame for some of the racial issues between […]
Guyana is not backing down. In a recent report, Guyana has submitted a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid to dismiss Venezuela’s longstanding claim to Essequibo, which has recently been found to have huge deposits of oil. Citing Guyana’s foreign minister, the report said that the Caribbean nation “now looks […]
Guyanese resident doctors will benefit from online and in-person training under a new agreement signed on Friday between the governments of Guyana and China. The agreement was signed by permanent secretary of the ministry of health, Malcom Watkins and economic and commercial counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Guyana, Hanming Hu. Training will be offered […]
A letter to CARICOM leaders and the Guyana Government from former Guyana President Donald Ramotar. He is now a private citizen living in Guyana. Free speech in Guyana: A casualty of Russia/Ukraine By Donald Ramotar Former President of Guyana Carl Von Clausewitz, the famed 18 /19th century German General and military theoretician wrote in his […]
Thousands of persons benefitting from free Wi-Fi Dubbed ‘The 1000 Hubs Project’, the initiative, which is a collaborative effort between the Industry and Innovation Unit at OPM and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA), will result in thousands of persons benefitting from free Wi-Fi, the Department of Public Information said. The hubs will be outfitted […]
Shadow Overseas Secretary of the United Kingdom, David Lammy has written to the Boris Johnson Government asking it to pardon 70 abolitionists convicted for their role in the historic 1823 Demerara rebellion by enslaved people against British colonialists in the Caribbean. The shadow foreign secretary described the revolt, involving 10,000 enslaved people, as a “seminal […]
