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‘Vigorous, urgent need’ to strengthen regional collaboration, trade –President Ali
Guyana Chronicle
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July 8, 2025
PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has underscored the urgent need to boost intra-regional trade as a driver of economic stability and growth within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In a commemoratory message to celebrate CARICOM Day, the president called...
How are the most vulnerable co-existing with that New GMC 75% increase in basic food prices?
Stabroek News
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July 7, 2025
Dear Editor, The caption screamed the pain of poor Guyanese: “Basic food items up 75% in the last four years” (Demerara Waves, July 4, 2025). For those longing for some statistics pulled from real-life, the records of the New Guyana Marketing...
Failure of PPP Government’s food production and food security policies are reflected in New GMC’s four-year data
Stabroek News
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July 7, 2025
Dear Editor, The PPP Government continues to mislead Guyanese about actual agricultural output, while providing a narrative that doesn’t reflect the true story. Which is, according to data from the New Guyana Marketing Cooperation (NGPC), “basic...
‘Frameperfect Lite’ wins top prize at Innovation Challenge 2025
Guyana Chronicle
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July 8, 2025
– PM Phillips hails youth-driven tech for HSSE solutions THE Innovation Challenge, now in its fifth edition, concluded on a high note this week, with three standout teams—Frameperfect Lite, Logiq, and G-Stack—emerging as the top innovators. The...
Caribbean region must strengthen institutions, ties with global partners -incoming CARICOM chairman says
Guyana Chronicle
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July 8, 2025
FOR the Caribbean region to be competitive in the emerging world and achieve its goals, the region must strengthen its institutions and its ties with global partners. This is according to the newly appointed chairman of the Caribbean Community...
Give supporters what they want to hear
Stabroek News
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July 8, 2025
Dear Editor The party perceived to be in disarray was the first to officially hit the campaign trail with its launch. Bashing the incumbent on its management of the country, a number of lofty pledges were rolled off tongues in fiery, ‘time up’...
OECS ministers endorse Dr Muhammad Ibrahim for IICA director general
Jamaica Observer
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July 10, 2025
The Council of Ministers of Agriculture of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is extending its “full and unequivocal endorsement” of the candidacy of Dr Muhammad Ibrahim for the post of director general of the Inter-American...
Grell now Managing Director of ANSA Merchant Bank
Stabroek News
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July 8, 2025
Stephen Grell has been named as the new Managing Director of ANSA Merchant Bank Limited, effective July 1, 2025. The announcement was made by the ANSA McAL Group. A seasoned executive with 20+ years of experience across the Caribbean and the UK,...
Voice of a Nation, Voice of the World: PM Modi’s Historic Addresses to Foreign Parliaments
Goa Chronicle
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July 11, 2025
An Unprecedented Journey of Words and Will In the grand halls of parliaments across continents, where voices echo the aspirations of nations, one leader has risen to stand not merely as a head of state, but as a storyteller of a civilisation....
Disaster preparedness in the region continues to benefit from EU support
Win Media SKN
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July 7, 2025
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Steering Committee of the Natural Disaster Facility in the CARIFORUM Programme, a regional disaster risk management initative, met recently in Kingstown, St....
UG, European Chamber sign historic MoU to launch Global Exchange Initiative
I News Guyana
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July 6, 2025
… VC says initiative “will open countless doors for students to gain international experience, develop workforce-ready skills, and immerse themselves in new cultures” The University of Guyana (UG) and the European Chamber of Commerce (Guyana),...
Organized Crime in The Amazon: A Growing Threat to the World’s Greatest Tropical Rainforest
World Resources Institute
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Brazil once again leads the world in the loss of primary tropical forests. New data shows the country accounted for 42% of global primary rainforest loss in 2024, largely due to widespread fires throughout the nation and in neighboring Bolivia,...
GFF establishes First Instance Body to strengthen Club Licensing Framework
News Room
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July 9, 2025
Press Release from the Guyana Football Federation The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially announced the formation of its First Instance Body (FIB), an independent decision-making committee mandated to evaluate club licensing...
A Glimpse Behind Diplomatic Doors
Guyana Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
Five Guyanese girls explore diplomacy, leadership, and identity by being diplomats for a day. DIPLOMACY goes far beyond long speeches on hard topics and rigid international talks between opposing states. True diplomacy uses compassion,...
UG’s Architecture Dept wins again at competition in French Guiana
Stabroek News
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July 6, 2025
French Ambassador to Guyana and Suriname Nicholas de Lacoste (third, right) poses with from left: students Kiana Persaud, Aditya Mohanall, and Denish Ramnarin; Head of UG’s Architecture Department Dr Anna Perreira and lecturer Kurt Gonsalves The...
OPINION: Basic food prices: real stats, real-life truths, real pain
Demerara Waves
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July 5, 2025
Last Updated on Saturday, 5 July 2025, 23:41 by Writer By GHK Lall The caption screamed the pain of poor Guyanese: “Basic food items up 75% in the last four years” (Demerara Waves, July 4, 2025). For those longing for some statistics pulled from...
Palestine names 1st Ambassador to CARICOM
Amandala
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July 9, 2025
Ambassador Linda Sobeh Ali by William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. July 7, 2025 The Caribbean Community has accredited Palestine’s first Ambassador to CARICOM, with CARICOM Secretary-General Carla Barnett, PhD, receiving the...
Still shackled to the past, doubting the CCJ
Barbados Today
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July 11, 2025
0 The swearing-in of Justice Winston Anderson as the fourth president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) at King’s House in Kingston last week was a moment steeped in symbolism. Jamaican-born and a Barbadian citizen, Justice Anderson now...
Making Waves
Guyana Chronicle
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July 6, 2025
From ship captains to educators, WiMAC celebrates the women steering the industry forward THE maritime industry is one of many growing sectors in Guyana, and the Women in Maritime Association Caribbean (WiMAC), Guyana Chapter Inc., is working to...
Grell new MD at ANSA Merchant Bank
Trinidad Express
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July 10, 2025
ANSA Merchant Bank Ltd (AMBL) has appointed Stephen Grell as its new managing director, effective July 1. He succeeds Ian De Souza who assumed the interim role last January. A release from AMBL stated that Grell is an “accomplished financial...