Venezuela has announced that it will be going to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, along with representatives of Guyana regarding the border controversy over the Essequibo region of Guyana, over which Venezuela claims sovereignty. Venezuela’s Ministry of People’s Power for Foreign ...
Oil sector’s local content includes garbage disposal, professional services, Bourda market purchases
Just in case you did not know, local content from the oil and gas sector does not only include big, sophisticated and high-tech goods and services or high-paying jobs. Trinidad and Tobago Geophysicist, Anthony Paul, who has been advising Guyana ...
A meeting of the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Tuesday collapsed after People’s Progressive Party (PPP) representative, Robeson Benn and GECOM Chairman, James Patterson clashed over the racial composition of the election management authority’s staff. Patterson objected to Benn’s public ...
At least 125 of the 300 BEV shrimp processing workers, who will be laid off next month, are likely to be employed by another seafood production company, Head of BEV Processors Inc; Bruce Vieria said Tuesday. He said if Noble House ...
More than 300 workers of the privately-owned BEV Enterprises will be laid off next month, leaving them with few choices to earn a daily living. A number of the workers said their last day of work will be July 15, ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The World Bank says more than 350,000 people in rural Haiti will benefit from improved access to all weather roads, local markets and health centers in the South, South East and ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali Caribbean CARICOM has extended congratulations to new Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley — the first ever woman to head a government in Barbados. The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Vinette K. Pryce Jamaica recently became the first country in the English-speaking Caribbean to utilize an additional area code. On May 31, 658 added to the area code already established 876 that connect international ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon Roll call for Guyanese talent! A Brooklyn filmmaker is on the hunt for two Guyanese actors for his new film coming out next year. Guyanese-American movie maker Stefon Bristol is creating a ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Ulrich Delius GOTTINGEN, Germany, June 4 2018 (IPS) – Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) are an important partner of the United Nations to implement the UN Charter and to strengthen its values. But in times when ...