Risha Persaud

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Baltimore said it detained Christopher Adolph Franklin, a Guyanese national who has lived in the United States since 1985, after authorities linked him to a 1999 Maryland murder for which he was convicted of first-degree murder and felony use of a handgun. ICE …

Guyana began feeling the immediate secondary effects of the burgeoning U.S.-Venezuela conflict on Saturday, as the nation’s main international gateway saw a wave of delays and cancellations. Following the dramatic U.S. military operation to capture President Nicolás Maduro, regional airspace has been plunged into chaos, impacting Guyana’s status as a …

President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali convened Guyana’s Defence Board and senior security leadership early Saturday as the regional security environment резко shifted following U.S. military strikes in Venezuela and international uncertainty over the country’s leadership and stability. In a statement attributed to President Ali and circulated publicly by Foreign Secretary …

CARACAS / WASHINGTON – In a stunning escalation of military force, United States special operations teams captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores during a massive pre-dawn strike on Caracas early Saturday morning. President Donald Trump announced the successful completion of the mission, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, …

President Dr Irfaan Ali, Commander-in-Chief of Guyana’s Armed Forces, says the country has developed a “comprehensive defence plan and strategy” with international partners to safeguard Guyana and its people if regional tensions worsen amid growing friction between the United States and neighbouring Venezuela. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday on the …

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — For over a century, the rhythm of Guyanese life was dictated by the harvest cycles of the “King Sugar” estates and the vast, golden rice fields of the Berbice and Essequibe coasts. However, as the roar of the offshore oil rigs grows louder, a quiet anxiety is …

GEORGETOWN — It is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook: If you want to silence your critics, say you are doing it to “protect the children.” This week, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced that his government will launch a “national consultation” in January 2026 to address the “growing abuse …

As the government celebrates a “New Year of Prosperity,” the latest data reveals a staggering reality: Guyana is pumping more oil than ever before, yet the average citizen is seeing less of the wealth. According to new production forecasts, crude oil output in Guyana has increased by an estimated ten-fold …

NEW YORK — In one of her final major addresses before Guyana’s two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council expires today, Permanent Representative Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett delivered a scathing rebuke of the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan, speaking on behalf of the “A3 Plus” bloc (Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, …

In a watershed moment for Guyanese literature and the wider Caribbean arts community, celebrated novelist, poet, and academic David Dabydeen has been nominated for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The announcement has sent ripples of pride throughout Guyana, placing the Berbice-born writer in the same rarefied air as Caribbean …