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Guyana’s Raekwon Noel captured his second gold medal of the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games after producing a record-breaking swim in the men’s 200-metre butterfly final on Wednesday evening in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today rejected an appeal by Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed against the Authority to Proceed used by Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond to respond to an extradition request for them by the United States.
The government is now saying that the families of persons still missing following the MV Barima tragedy will determine whether the ferry is raised from the seabed or left in place as a memorial site.
Dear Editor, In March 2025, the remains of two Indigenous women – Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran – who were murdered in 2022 by Jeremy Skibicki, a serial killer, were found after a search of a landfill in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
By Máximo Torero Hunger is falling across most of Latin America and the Caribbean. The region’s next challenge is harder: ensuring that everyone can afford a healthy diet, not merely enough calories to survive.
By Cyril Dabydeen, Ottawa Poet Laureate Emeritus I join with many others in expressing condolences to Mr Ian McDonald’s family on his passing in Toronto.
pleading guilty to trafficking 55.296 kilogrammes of cocaine, while a Venezuelan national charged alongside him was remanded. The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said that its officers intercepted a vehicle in the vicinity of the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara, during an operation on Friday, July 24.
Predictably, what appears to be a campaign for scapegoats in the horrific loss of life aboard the MV Barima on July 18 is well under way.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday said it had advised that three employees of the Transport and Harbours Department be charged with murder over the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima after reviewing the evidence gathered during the police investigation.
‘The government’s decision to leave the MV Barima at the bottom of the Atlantic is premature and wicked’ Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed yesterday offered to finance and undertake the salvaging of the MV Barima as he condemned as premature and “wicked” any decision to leave the wreck on the seabed while families continue to await the recovery of their relatives.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday said the wreck of the MV Barima was sinking deeper into the seabed and that divers continued to face extremely poor visibility.
Dear Editor, The tragic loss of lives aboard the MV Barima has left our nation grieving, searching for answers, and demanding accountability.
Paul Seenanand, a 64-year-old gold miner of Port Kaituma who was believed to have perished on the MV Barima, when it capsized on Saturday July 18, is alive and well.
Suriname’s SV Robinhood ended Slingerz FC’s run in the 2026 Caribbean Football Union Club Shield with a commanding 4-0 victory in their quarter-final clash in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.
Four men were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on joint indictable charges of robbery with violence.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security says it has established counselling hotlines and support hubs across several regions as part of an expanded programme of psychological assistance for survivors and families affected by the MV Barima tragedy.
Joseph Szeplaki captured Round Four of the National Top Flight Golf League’s second tour on Sunday at the Lusignan Golf Club, strengthening his position in the race for the overall title.
As families continue to grapple with the uncertainty surrounding the fate of their loved ones who were on board MV Barima, relatives of several missing passengers told Kiskadee Watch that they have been contacted by authorities and asked to provide DNA samples.
China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Yang Yang yesterday attended the donation ceremony for supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) for victims of the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima.
says ‘nation must not permit this injustice to stand’ The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday condemned the murder charges instituted against three Transport and Harbours Department employees over the sinking of the MV Barima and called for their immediate withdrawal.