An announcement from the White House said: "The President intends to nominate Roland W Bullen, of Virginia, to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the co-operative Republic of Guyana".

The nomination will now go to the Senate for confirmation, but according to sources, it is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty. Mr. Bullen was born in Grenada and will be accompanied by his second wife Hilda Cox-Bullen, a former programme manager at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Barbados.

Hereditary Chief of the Pan-Tribal Confederacy Mr. Damon Gerard Corrie is especially pleased with the news as he has known Mr. Bullen since 1985 when they were neighbors living in the upper middle class Highgate Gardens in St. Michael Barbados, in Chief Corrie's own words: " Uncle Roland is a great thinker, a true gentleman and most capable diplomat having served in Central & South America, Africa and the Caribbean, additionally - he is a true friend of all Amerindian peoples as are his two sons Peter and Mark whom I am proud to include in my small circle of best friends; further uncle Roland's first wife (the late mother of the two boys) aunt Mady was part native American herself and shared her love of that heritage with all of us during our early teen years growing up in the neighborhood."

Photo taken in Chief Corrie's home is (from left to right) Damon, Maureen Dilg, Mark Bullen, and Lisa St John.