By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2022
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Guyana will partner with Barbados for a massive investment in the creation of the region’s first pharmaceutical industry, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley announced during a press conference in Bridgetown today. The deal will also see cooperation from Rwanda, the European Union Commission, the European Union Development Bank and the World Health Organisation. Already, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 11, 2022
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United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch has encouraged the Guyana government to put systems in place to tackle corruption while warning against “bad actors” playing a role in the country’s development. Speaking on the Plaza Central podcast, the Ambassador said she is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about whether some of the vision of the government will […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2022
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The Government of Guyana and the European Union (EU) have signed a Forest Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) paving the way for Guyana to receive an initial €5 million grant to help with the preservation of its forests. For President Irfaan Ali, the Forest Partnership MOU is timely. “The forest partnership between Guyana and the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 2, 2022
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The World Bank has singled out Guyana as having one of the highest poverty rates in the Latin America and Caribbean region despite it having one of the fastest growing economies in the region. In its updated fact sheet on Guyana, the institution said almost half of the country’s population live below US$5.5 per day […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
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Months after he opted for early retirement from the Guyana Defence Force, bringing an end to his job as Director of the Guyana Civil Defence Commission, retired Lt. Colonel Kester Craig has landed a big role with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency. Craig will serve as the new Deputy Executive Director of the agency […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2022
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Firebrand New York Attorney General Letitia James intends to formally ask the Department of Justice and the President Joe Biden Administration to probe ‘disturbing’ claims of discrimination in Guyana. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting organized by the Guyana Caribbean Institute for Democracy last evening in New York, the New York Attorney General said from […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2022
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One day after a video surfaced on social media of Guyana’s High Commissioner to India, Charandass Persaud verbally abusing a female Indian Professor outside his official residence in India, President Irfaan Ali has announced his recall from the diplomatic post. In an announcement this morning, President Ali said he had a chance to review the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2022
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CARICOM and the African Export-Import Bank have signed an agreement for the establishment of a partnership between the bank and the regional body. The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the Cheddi Jagan Airport between Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd and the President of the bank, Professor Benedict Oramah. President Irfaan Ali and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 26, 2022
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The ExxonMobil company today announced two discoveries at the Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 wells in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, taking discoveries in the Stabroek block to more than 30 since 2015. The company said it has ramped up offshore development and production at a pace that far exceeds the industry average. “Our unrivaled exploration success […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2022
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The Caribbean Court of Justice today ruled that the Guyana Court of Appeal had no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal in Elections Petition No.99 which was dismissed by Acting Chief Justice, Roxanne George last year on the grounds of technicality. The ruling effectively means that Petition 99, which the Coalition saw as the base of […]