NEWS
US packs up radar
The controversial ground/air task-oriented US military-grade radar at the ANR Robinson International Airport in Crown Point is gone. Guardian Media visited a vantage point at Kilgwyn Bay Road yesterday morning, where the towering radar could have previously been seen rotating. However, the military asset supplied by the US was noticeably missing. According to sources, the radar has been dismantled and a US military cargo aircraft is expected to arrive on the island soon to take it away. Its absence comes five days after Chief Secretary Farley Augustine announced that US troops on the island were days away from leaving. Read more here
POLITICS
Farley: Never a permanent fixture
The controversial United States military radar installed at the ANR Robinson International Airport in Crown Point last year has been dismantled. No sign of the system was observed at the site yesterday. Airport security personnel were seen in the area where the equipment had been stationed. Read more here
BUSINESS
NGC signs Gas Sales Contract with TRINGEN
The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (NGC) has executed a Gas Sales Contract (GSC) with downstream petrochemical producer Trinidad Nitrogen Company Ltd (TRINGEN), one of the longest-operating ammonia producers on the Point Lisas Industrial Estate. According to NGC in a release issued yesterday, the execution of the contract “reinforces the longstanding commercial relationship between the two companies, and reaffirms their shared commitment to sustaining Trinidad and Tobago’s petrochemical industry.” TRINGEN is a limited liability company owned 51% by National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) and 49% by Yara Caribbean (2002) Ltd. Read more here
REGIONAL
President Ali touts development of ‘prison avoidance’ system
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of the Armed Forces, President Dr. Irfaan Ali, has called for a strategic overhaul of the Guyana Prison Service, urging the officers to move from a reactive role to a proactive pillar of national security.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) Annual Senior Officers Conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, on Monday, the President said the country’s approach to security must be unified and collaborative. He stressed the need for the prison service to play a constructive societal role, proposing the development of a “prison avoidance” system focused on preventing people, particularly young people, from entering the criminal justice system in the first place. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Surge in US petrol prices deepens political peril for Trump over Iran
In the third week of the joint US-Israeli war against Iran, Donald Trump faces decisions that could define the rest of his presidency. But if the American commander-in-chief is grappling with a war of choice that seems in danger of spiralling in ways he can't control, those concerns are not playing out in public. In more than an hour of public remarks at the White House on Monday, he discussed his thinking on the state of the war effort - and also on Kennedy Center renovations, White House ballroom construction plans, this year's World Cup tournament, the health of a Republican congressman and a host of other unrelated topics. Read more here
17th March 2026