CARICOM trade ministers convened in Georgetown on 11 June 2026 for the 62nd Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. A near-final Colombia trade deal, CSME implementation, fractured WTO dispute settlement and the response to US tariff policy dominated the agenda.
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Guyana's Full Court upheld WIN MP Gobin Harbhajan's appeal against Scotiabank, remitting questions of discrimination, reputational damage and political association to the High Court for full trial. A Citizens Bank ruling the same day found unlawful account terminations in a separate WIN case.
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The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on 11 June 2026 that appearing on a US sanctions list does not by itself justify a bank refusing to open an account. The principle bears directly on Caribbean debanking cases, which courts in the region must now answer.
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Maliyah's Kitchen, a Guyanese agro-processor awarded the GMSA Small Business Award in December 2025, has secured US distribution through GO-Invest, placing its certified Made in Guyana food products on North American shelves through Dave's West Indian Imports six months later.
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Twenty-two Guyanese professionals certified in Electric Vehicle Systems and Solar PV Charging graduated on 5 June 2026 at the Windjammer International Hotel in Georgetown, bringing the country's pool of certified EV technicians to 77, alongside zero import taxes on electric vehicles.
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Germany's Federal Cartel Office has barred companies convicted of corruption from public contracts since 2021, offering reinstatement only through verified reform. A formal self-cleaning register would give Guyana's procurement system a structured path back to accountability that it now lacks.
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Self-driving cars depend on four technical pillars. In Guyana and the Caribbean, driving culture, unmapped roads and absent vehicle-to-everything infrastructure make autonomous vehicle deployment unlikely before 2035, experts say. A self-driving car is a system, not a vehicle with a clever computer.
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Zeemoney (Barbados) Limited, the Caribbean arm of the Ghanaian fintech Zeepay, shut down in June 2026 after the Central Bank of Barbados suspended its licence on 5 May 2026, citing failures in governance, regulatory compliance, financial condition and operational continuity.
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Howard Eastman, the Guyanese boxer who held British, Commonwealth and European middleweight titles twice each, will spend four years in prison for possessing 265 grams of cannabis. The sentence, handed down by Magistrate Michelle Matthias in New Amsterdam, is legal under Guyana's current framework.
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Clarke's Productions Inc. announced Beyond The Wheels 2.0, a two-day National Transportation and Safety Forum set for 6 and 7 October 2026 at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Georgetown, scheduled one month ahead of Guyana's National Road Safety Month.
Read More →GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, June 1, 2026 — La Caribeña News has opened its byline contributor program to graduates of the Guyana Media
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Guyana's incoming Development Bank arrives with a co-financing promise, pending legislation and no confirmed launch date. Kaieteur News reported the mechanics on 25 May 2026, a structure built on multiplying a government facility through commercial banks. For MSME owners the question is when.
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