A fifth major offshore oil field being developed by a consortium led by ExxonMobil will cost the Caribbean Community nation of Guyana and its production partners a whopping $12.7 billion but will add another 1.3 billion barrels of oil to a basin that already has more than 10 billion barrels of oil, officials said Tuesday.… Read More

Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday denounced plans by the Joe Biden administration to limit migrants from the Caribbean and other places.  Late last week, the Biden administration announced that it was limiting migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who… Read More

Just over a week ago, government bulldozers and groups of heavily armed police turned up at the majority African Guyanese district of Mocha just south of the city to demolish several homes that authorities claim are smack in the middle land designated for a crucial new north-south highway. Government, in a history of a country… Read More

Two weeks from now, former Surinamese President and ex-military strongman, Desi Bouterse would know whether a 20-year jail sentence for mass murders back in 1982 will stand as his appeal against the lengthy sentence nears its very end. Unless his defense team could find good judicial reasons to delay the end of his appeal, the… Read More

A major row is developing in Jamaica as to whether the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is standing in the way of plans for an overhaul of the constitution that would allow probably the world’s most upstart island nation to switch to a republic, among other key changes. The governing Jamaica Labor Party (JLP)… Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929. He was one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, until his death on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday in January. The National Constitution Center… Read More

Cricket West Indies said on Jan. 3 that West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, Shai Hope is among an impressive list of four players on the shortlist for the ICC Men’s One-Day International Player-of-the-Year 2022 award. The others are Pakistan captain Babar Azam, Australia leg-spinner, Adam Zampa, and Zimbabwe all-rounder, Sikandar Raza. Cricket West Indies said Hope made… Read More

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Jan. 3 announced a new innovation for the long format of the game, with the addition of a triangular red-ball tournament to start at the end of the West Indies Championship in April, 2023. CWI said the new Headley Weekes Series will feature three matches and three teams. It said… Read More

With Antigua and Barbuda tourism arrivals on the rise, the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) has announced a major partnership with the world’s leading public service broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which will feature Antigua and Barbuda in the first full episode of the hit reality business documentary series “The Apprentice.” Premiered in… Read More

A major row is developing in Trinidad and Tobago over the choice of the next ceremonial president with the main opposition party threatening a street war if the Keith Rowley administration goes ahead with the nomination of Senate President Christine Kangaloo as the next head of state. Retired Trinidadian and regional judge Paula Mae Weekes… Read More