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UPPER TAKUTU-UPPER ESSEQUIBO, Guyana (Thursday, November 25, 2021) — Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, said the PPP/C government will continue to provide financial support to farmers, across the country, to ensure they return to their farmlands. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, November 25, 2021) — A US$274.5-million contract was signed, yesterday, for the Montego Bay Perimeter Road Project, which will see construction of a 14.9-kilometere bypass of the city. This is expected to create a safe and reliable ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — Planning and Development Minister, Camille Robinson-Regis, is highlighting the government’s drive to boost quality control systems in a number of sectors. According to the minister, a new project, being undertaken by ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded a two-week annual visit to Trinidad and Tobago and published its independent assessment, last Friday, stating, “The combined effects of COVID-19, energy production cuts, and ...

By Julie Carrington Guest Contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — Minister of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kerrie Symmonds, has defended the government’s policy of 100 percent renewable energy, by 2030, while describing it’s multi-million annual spend in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — Dr. Irfaan Ali charged contractors to expedite their work, but to ensure that quality is maintained, as Guyana continues to go through a revolutionary period of growth and development. The Head of State ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Wednesday, November 24,2021) — Major losses were avoided, last Saturday, after quick response from the Guyana Fire Service resulted in a fire — at the Guyana Police Force’s Office for Professional Responsibility (OPR) — being brought under control. ...

By Joy-Ann Gill Guest Contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — Young people in Barbados have been urged to see violence, whether in the form of traditional or social media, and condemn it. The plea came, on Monday, as ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — “On behalf of the government and people of Barbados, I extend sincere condolence to the family of Sir James Mitchell and the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on the ...

BEQUIA, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Wednesday, November 24, 2021) — Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, 90, died at his home in Bequia, yesterday morning. The former prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines had been ailing for several weeks, ...