Jailed fraudster sells waterfront Golden Beach home for $17M

Johnny Grobman, a convicted fraudster currently serving an 18-year prison sentence, sold his waterfront Golden Beach home for $16.6 million. That’s down from the $20.9 million he first listed it for two years ago. Records show Grobman and his...

Guyana joins early warning system to tackle “new psychoactive substances”

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 October 2025, 22:24 by Writer Left to right: Head of CANU James Singh, Home Affairs Ministry of Permanent Secretary Andre Ally, Chief Medical Officer Dr Narine Singh and Special Adviser at the Organisation of American...

Guyana launches Early Warning System on Drugs

Guyana has launched an Early Warning System on Drugs – becoming the 7th country in the Caribbean to do so. The warning system is in response to the evolving drug landscape, which is no longer limited to traditional substances, and now includes a...

Four countries sign CRFM Agreement

Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat have signed on to the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), formalising their membership in the 22-year-old institution, inaugurated in Belize City, Belize, in...

The Netherlands Marine Corps on the Front Lines of Caribbean Security

Brigadier General Ivo Moerman, commandant of the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, has built a distinguished career on a foundation of operational experience, beginning with his first assignment as a platoon commander in Curaçao. With more than 30...

In the Guyana Shield, the fight against deforestation is not ambitious enough

Countries in the Guyana Shield have lower levels of deforestation than other countries in the Pan-Amazon, although their forests continue to be threatened by wildcat mining and land invasions. As a high cover-low deforestation country, Suriname...

UPSC Key: RBI monetary policy, Monument conservation, and Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’

Preliminary Examination: Economic and Social Development – Sustainable Development, Poverty, Inclusion, Demographics, Social Sector Initiatives, etc. Story continues below this ad Mains Examination: General Studies-III: Indian Economy and issues...

BP Shares Soar 5.1% on Q3 Profit Beat, LNG Surge

BP PLC, the British energy giant, went through a tumultuous day on the trading floor, as share prices surged up by 5.1% on disclosure of better-than-anticipated third-quarter earnings, fuelled by surging liquefied natural gas (LNG) output and...

Digicel celebrates 20 years in T&T, having invested $1.2b

WHEN Marcelo Cataldo slipped off his suit jacket midway through his interview with Express Business, revealing a red short-sleeved Digicel polo and tattoos, it felt symbolic. Under his leadership, Digicel has been doing much the same, shedding...

Brazil’s Equatorial Margin Standoff: Prosecutors Challenge Petrobras’ Readiness

Federal prosecutors in Brazil’s Amapá state have asked the environmental regulator, Ibama, to hold back an operating license for Petrobras at the FZA-M-59 block in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. They want the company to rerun its emergency drill and...

UPSC Key: Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, Payments Regulatory Board, and India’s railway grid to Bhutan

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora. Story continues...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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‘2% Can’t Work’: Former President Ramotar urges Caricom to urgently draft model oil contract for region

Oct 02, 2025 News Kaieteur News – Guyana got ripped off when it signed the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with American oil major, ExxonMobil but this does not mean other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states should suffer the same...

"Despite low market prices, potato exports are not yet surging"

William Westhoeve, Westhoeve Potatoes: Despite low potato prices, exports are far from booming, observes William Westhoeve of the family-run potato export company Westhoeve Potatoes in Ouddorp. "You would expect that with prices at this level,...

Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’

The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in a palace in the small town of Laxenburg in Austria. The three-day conference brought together nearly 200 researchers and legal experts to discuss...

Young: They celebrating something they condemned

The Government has a long road ahead of it before the Dragon gas deal can be resuscitated, former energy minister Stuart Young cautioned yesterday. He said the Government could not insult people one day and then negotiate with them the next. “We...

Moonilal ready for Dragon gas talks with Maduro regime

Senior Reporter [email protected] Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has refused to say who will lead negotiations with Venezuela over the stalled Dragon gas project, insisting only that “the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is one Government.”...

DP World's Patricia Baez Talks End-to-End Workforce Development: Women in Supply Chain

Patricia Baez, SVP, People, Americas Region for DP World, was named a recipient of the 2025 Women in Supply Chain award, presented by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive and sponsored by Let's Talk Supply Chain, in the Workforce...

A rich history a bright future

Features Newsday 4 Hrs Ago Iglesia Cathedral in San Luis, Argentina. - Photo courtesy Mark Lyndersay JAN WESTMAAS Part 2 IN recent years democracy has thrived in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Left-wing President Gabriel Boric of Chile may well...

Petronas-MidOcean partnership bets on Canada’s LNG potential

Keeping opportunities in Canada’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector at the forefront, Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas has sealed a long-term alliance with MidOcean Energy, an LNG player formed and managed by the U.S.-headquartered...