GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana is preparing to take its strongest enforcement action yet against gold smuggling and illegal mining, with President Dr Irfaan Ali announcing on Saturday that mining operations producing low or no declarations will soon receive cease orders, and operators who damage riverbanks will be suspended and stripped of their mining blocks.
NEW YORK, New York – Fitch Ratings has affirmed Jamaica’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating at ’BB-’ and revised its outlook to stable from positive following the impact of Hurricane Melissa on October 28 that left 42 people dead and damage estimated at nine billion US dollars.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) says it welcomes the decision of the United States to remove tariffs on key Caribbean Community (CARICOM) export sectors, saying it will bring “important relief” to regional industries that had been negatively affected by the reciprocal tariffs implemented earlier this year.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government has welcomed the announcement made by bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) that it has safely completed the Cypre seven-well drilling programme following delivery of first gas in April 2025.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Agriculture Minister Floyd Green, has charged the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) and the Grace Kennedy (GK) Insurance team to have more farmers sign up for coverage under the GK Weather Protection Programme.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The government of Haiti has announced a US$44 million donation from Qatar to support security and socioeconomic recovery.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it has partnered with RevUP Caribbean to launch the RevUP Founders Growth and Community Support Network, regarded as a dynamic digital ecosystem designed to provide lifelong support to Caribbean entrepreneurs.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - ExxonMobil Guyana Limited Wednesday announced that the daily production in the Stabroek Block has increased to 900,000 barrels.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Guyana Expo 2025 opened here on Thursday night with President Irfan Ali announcing a US$200 million initiative that is set to become operational before the end of the first quarter of 2026.
BELÉM, Brazil – Guyana and Suriname are among seven Amazon countries that have launched a new initiative aimed mobilizing more than one billion US dollars to accelerate investments in water security, clean energy, and resilient urban infrastructure, with a multisectoral and territorial approach.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Tuesday said that he will fully support the implementation of Guyana’s gas monetisation plan before the end of his term in 2031.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat, Tuesday said Guyana now stands among the best-managed new oil-producing countries as Georgetown signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) for the shallow-water Block S4 offshore Guyana with a consortium of international companies comprising QatarEnergy, TotalEnergies, and PETRONAS.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname - President Jennifer Greelings-Simons has sought to clarify reports that the Suriname government has been holding talks with the Chinese multinational Chinalco, insisting that her administration is not holding discussions with Chinalco.
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