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Ghanaian Foreign Minister,
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.
Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.

Ghanaian Foreign Minister’s taxing visit here signals Accra’s interest in strengthening ties with Caribbean

If, at the conclusion of the recent blitz of regional and international gatherings held recently in Guyana that embraced the Republic itself alongside CARICOM hemispheric Heads of Government, high-profile diplomats from across the world and high profile businessmen keen to secure a ‘look-in’ in Guyana’s investment prospects, one such visitor who can lay claim to having had to carry the weightiest official ‘burden’ would be the Ghanaian Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.

Presidents  Ali and Lula
Presidents Ali and Lula

Brazil, Guyana, Suriname eye enhanced petro cooperation

With the assertive resurgence of Venezuela’s territorial claim having attracted considerable hemispheric and regional media attention in recent weeks, Guyana’s remaining immediate neighbours, Brazil and Suriname, would appear to have opted for a course of action which a recent Reuters report says seeks to “deepen discussions on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.”

Common interests clearing way for strengthened ties between Brazil and CARICOM – Lula

In the fullness of time the significance of Thursday’s February 29 Trilateral Meeting that brought together Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva, and Suriname’s President, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, will become a good deal clearer in terms of its particular significance to the three countries, both collectively and in terms of their respective objectives, though its timing would appear to suggest that the three neighbouring countries may now be ready to ramp up relations among themselves in areas of common economic interests.

President of the Inter American
Development Bank Ilan Goldfajn.

IDB President ‘tags’ environment, food security as key assignments for empowered Caribbean, Latin America

As the Caribbean continues to draw increasing attention to the positive transformations in its overall development profile, driven in large measure by Guyana’s exciting petro prospects and a wider unfolding regional effort to further burnish its image as one of the world’s most tourism-friendly places, the region continues to attract nods of approval from some of the world’s more high-profile development agencies.

G-Invest’s mishandling of info on Agro Fest 2024

Readers will recall that the Stabroek Business’ sustained appeal for disclosure on Guyana’s intended participation in the 2024 Barbados Agro Fest fell on deaf ears for a protracted period and that the first official public disclosure appeared in the print media on February 22nd, the day prior to the actual start of the event.

Stock Market Updates

GSE (https://guyanastockexchangeinc.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1062’s trading results showed consideration of $7,033,448 from 30,947 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 1061’s trading results, which showed consideration of 16,968,634 from 82,170 shares traded in 19 transactions.

Security in the gold mining sector: The Arimu Backdam murders

The fact that two gold miners, Donavan Washington and Zaheer Mohammed Sherriff had their lives violently taken on Sunday, at Arimu Backdam in Region Seven, while they were transporting gold from one location to another, provides yet another poignant example that illustrates the dimensions of cold and ruthless criminal activity that continues to target sections of the business community in Guyana.

FAO Assistant Director General Mario Lubetki

A regional commitment is underway for food security and a sustainable future

By Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for Latin America and the Caribbean The regional commitment to fight hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean has made significant progress thanks to the update from the Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for the period 2024-2030, known as the CELAC FNS Plan.

Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro

Washington, Caracas petro-drama persists as Venezuela poll draws closer

A Reuters report earlier this week has alluded to what it described as “insufficient inventories” and “a lack of imported diluents” at Venezuela’s main oil port, Jose, which, it says, continues to place restraints on the ability of the country’s state-run oil company, PDVSA, to further accelerate exports to fulfill spot supply deals.

Jamaica Agriculture Society Head,
Lenworth Fulton

Jamaica Agri Society ‘brooding’ over decline in production of ‘key crops’

Jamaica’s tradition for producing a wide range of agricultural produce to meet the needs of local consumers as well as to ‘cash in’ on opportunities on the export markets, notably in the agro-processing sector has been, reportedly, coming under critical scrutiny on account of what a report in the February 28th issue of The Observer newspaper says has been “a decline in a number of traditional crops locally,” a circumstance which the report says “have seen stakeholders across the agricultural sector calling for improved policies geared towards rebuilding.”

Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon

CDB in a wobble?

What we know up to this time about the troubling circumstances that now obtain at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is still very little, which is one of the reasons why the information which we have continues to be, unquestionably,  troubling.

Brooke Glasford

Brand building, Positioning and the Art of Garnering Influence

By Brooke Glasford On the tale of personal branding and the incredible effect it had on my friend, James Marcus’ professional development as he prepares for a career in diplomacy, I have thought deeply and had great conversations stemming from my last article about the necessity of positioning yourself well.

Venezuelan refugees

World Bank, IDB ‘batting’ for displaced people in Latin America

Forcibly displaced people in Latin America and the Caribbean can contribute significantly to the economies where they live if they have the opportunity, according to two new studies undertaken by the World Bank (WB), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

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