JN Money, a member company of the Jamaica National Group, has launched its “direct-to-account remittances services to Guyana,” which allow persons sending funds to that CARICOM country, on the South American coast, to be transferred directly to the recipients’ accounts. The service, which was launched on June 7, gives persons sending funds from the United […]
CARICOM must not fail Haiti Stabroek News Editorial There are those who might argue that fate could have at least held off on Haiti’s latest tragedy, the country’s devastating earthquake and its horrendous consequences of a few days ago until the pain and the sense of loss that must still persist over the recent horrendous […]
Derek Kumar Budhoo was born July 11 1982 of Guyanese parents and died last Wednesday, July 21, at the age of 40. Derek was Charlie Budhoo’s only son, who declined his father’s offer to continue his college education and instead opted to intern at his father’s grocery store, the well-known Charlie’s West Indian Foods grocery […]
Mr Samuel Hinds, who served both as President and Prime Minister of Guyana, has assumed duties at the Embassy of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana as Guyana’s ninth ambassador to the United States of America (USA) and also as the fifth Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS). Ambassador Hinds has had a […]
Guyana, a country that considers itself a Caribbean nation, was reminded that it is in fact an integral part of the South American continent as rains accompanied by severe floods, which originated from the southern part of the continent, swamped the country – the worst flood in recent memory. Since mid-May, massive floods have made […]
The French Red Cross’ Regional Intervention Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean has rushed 9.45 tons of various items aboard a French military vessel, Dumont d’Urville, to Guyana to assist with flood relief, the French Embassy in Suriname. The mission said the consolidated “large donation” was dispatched to Guyana “considering the recent floods and […]
Four-time Guyanese-born Olympian, Aliann Pompey, has achieved another milestone in her long athletics career. Pompey has been appointed head coach of the St. John’s Track and Field and Cross-Country program. The appointment comes after Pompey was announced as the new sprints and hurdles coach of the Red Storm in the fall of 2014 and on […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday urged Caribbean countries to move away from the consumption of poor quality food and called on the region’s population to eat agricultural products grown in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) region. Addressing the Regional Food Systems Dialogue, which is a precursor to the United Nations 2021 Food […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The African Union has allocated 1.5 million doses of the US manufactured Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony announced here on Monday. Regional countries have in the past complained of their inability to secure vaccines from the producing countries because those countries have […]
Guyana-born musician Brentnol Elvin McPherson, popularly known as Bonny, died at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto on April 11 last, after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. His wife, Denise, said he was an award-winning drummer whose musical career spanned more than 40 years. “As a musician, he followed in the footsteps of his […]
