Guyana has received more than 135.000 Cuban migrants in 2025, drawn by booming oil-driven construction jobs and higher wages in the small South American petro-state amid Cuba’s deepening economic crisis and migration surge

Guyana registered ANSA McAL's strongest regional performance in the first 6 months of 2026, with revenue rising 19,7% driven by steady economic expansion in the country leading to higher profits and stronger earnings across its operations

87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters en route from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela; over 70 people were killed in Guyana’s worst maritime disaster: government appointed international experts to investigate

The new National Security Tower, built after the 2021 fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station, is expected to open by the end of the year as the new headquarters of the Guyana Police Force

The Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology will no longer produce sun-dried tomato ketchup due to a reduction of the demand; the governmental group NAREI will take over the project