Guyana News – Caribbean Life

Dancers entertained the large crowd at the 2024 Folk Festival at the Old Boys High School grounds, at 746 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn.

Arts & Entertainment

Guyana Cultural Association NY marks 25th Anniversary with Summer–Fall cultural series

By Tangerine Clarke

Defense Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Omar Khan.

Guyana

Guyana gets serious with Venezuelan migrants

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Rickford Burke, president of the Brooklyn-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID).

Court

Victory for free speech: Libel case against Guyanese-born activist dismissed

By Nelson A. King

CGID President Rickford Burke.

News

Guyana to seek extradition of Brooklyn activist Rickford Burke

By Bert Wilkinson

Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for Caribbean countries.

Guest Perspective

Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean

By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean

Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali (left) with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Guyana.

Antigua

Trump again threatens travel restrictions for Caribbean nationals

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali (left) with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Guyana.

Immigration

US government tells illegal Guyanese to leave

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyanese-American honorees from left, Shivika Rajkisore, Jessica Balgobin, Mohamed Q. Amin, Candace E. Prince-Modeste, Latchman Budhai, Aminta Keliwan-Narine, Ashook Ramsaran, and Vikash Narine, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. The expats were honored for their contributions to the borough on May 29 at QBH 59th Independence celebration.

Guyana

Queens Borough president honors Guyana’s brightest at inaugural Independence Celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov. 2, 2021.

Guyana

Senior Guyanese police officer, others sanctioned by US Treasury Department

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn Borough President Candidate Khari Edwards pays tribute in poem, at Memorial Day 2025 Ceremony by the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions, flanked by Assembly Member Jamie Williams, to his immediate right.

Guyana

Khari Edwards vies to be Brooklyn Borough Prez

By Nelson A. King

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaks onstage at The New York Times Climate Forward Summit 2023 at The Times Center on Sept.21, 2023 in New York City.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Brooklyn

Jeffries to present posthumous award to Adriana Younge’s parents at Guyana Independence event

By Nelson A. King

Guyana

Guyanese presidential candidate charged with false tax declaration

By Bert Wilkinson

From left, Herbert S. Jackson Sweat, Jr., Levil Jeffers, CACCI President Jean Joseph, Dalton Benn, Council Member Rita Joseph, De-Alvin Wiltshire, Arden Tannis and a representative of Yvette Clarke’s Office.

Barbados

CACCI honors Caribbean veterans in first Memorial Day Ceremony

By Nelson A. King

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