Guyana News – Caribbean Life

The diplomatic offices celebrated Guyana's 56th Republic Anniversary with an Interfaith Service at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church on Feb. 23. From left, Pandit Ravi Doobay, Pastor James Richmond, Minister Counsellor Marissa Edsards, Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, Senator Roxanne Persaud, Consul General of Guyana to NY, Ambassador Michael E. Brothrson, and President of the Guyana Cultural Association Ave-Marie Brewster-Haynes.

Guyana

Guyana envoys Michael E. Brotherson, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett host Diaspora Interfaith Service for Republic Anniversary

By Tangerine Clarke

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Antigua

Rubio visit sets stage for tense CARICOM talks

By Bert Wilkinson

Consul General of Guyana to New York Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson at his desk after speaking with Caribbean Life at the diplomatic office, 228 E 45th St. in New York City.

Guyana

Guyana Consulate begins issuing digitized passports, documents

By Tangerine Clarke

A driver fills up his tank at a gas station with gasoline as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announces his government will roll out a plan in the next week to confront fuel shortages as the U.S. moves to block the supply of oil, in Havana, Cuba Feb. 5, 2026.

Barbados

Help Cuba now

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy of Saint Lucia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 78th session.

Antigua

U.S. orders St. Lucia to stop sending students to Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

The late Sybil Teresa Smith, 98, left, with loving son Roger Gary during one of their many outings in Brooklyn. She was laid to rest on Jan.28, after passing away on Jan. 21, 2026.

Guyana

Designer Roger Gary mourns mother Sybil Teresa Smith, 98

By Tangerine Clarke

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister of Grenada The Hon. Dickon Mitchell attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 23, 2024 in New York City.

Antigua

Grenada weighs pact to accept non-national deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Guyana

Extradition-facing tycoon elected Guyana Opposition Leader

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Guyana

Guyana political standoff

By Bert Wilkinson

President of the New Jersey-based Guyana Heritage Foundation Inc, Lady Ira Lewis flashes a big smile, as the happy kids looks on during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Lady Ira Family Empowerment (LIFE) Library in the small Agricola Village, on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana. The very first public reading room was launched on Jan. 10, 2026.

Guyana

First public library opens in Agricola Village, boosting literacy in Guyana

By Tangerine Clarke

Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addresses the opening of the 4th Annual AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in St. George, Grenada on Monday, July 28, 2025.

Grenada

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness

Antigua

PM Holness says Jamaicans must develop the island

By Bert Wilkinson

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds.

Antigua

Barbados under pressure

By Bert Wilkinson

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) meets with Guyana's Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh (L) within the 48th Foreign Ministers Council Meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 22, 2022.

Guyana

Census shows surge

By Bert Wilkinson

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