Friday, May 29, 2026 | News for the diaspora Subscribe
USD = GYD 208.99 JMD 157.51 TTD 6.77 BBD 2.00 Updated May 29

What’s happening back home — and what it means for you.

Today

Daily Three-Minute Brief

The Caribbean every morning. The diaspora every Sunday.

Transcript

In The Hague, Guyana's lead counsel Professor Philippe Sands told the International Court of Justice that Venezuela's case to overturn the 1899 Arbitral Award rests on no evidence.

ECLAC reports Guyana's tax-to-GDP ratio at 9.2 percent against a regional average of 21.7 — even Caribbean economies with no oil are pulling more revenue from their economies than the country with the fastest-growing oil sector in the hemisphere.

The principle without the structure is a slogan. The countries that move forward build both at once.