By News Source Guyana on May 1, 2017
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(Caribbean News Now) PANAMA CITY, Panama — An agreement to operate joint flights was signed on Friday between Star Alliance members Copa and Turkish Airlines, and is a major game changer for the travel industry of Latin America and the Caribbean. This is especially important to Guyana, a country very much isolated from global hubs. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 4, 2017
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The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) has welcomed a donation of equipment from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The items were officially handed over on Monday during a brief ceremony at the Guyana Coast Guard headquarters. During the handover ceremony, President David Granger said that the investment by China is an important one as it […]
By News Source Guyana on March 24, 2017
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The High Court in Chile has sentenced 33 former intelligence agents for the disappearance of five political activists in 1987. The court said that the five had been abducted and killed, and their bodies thrown into the sea. Investigators said they were killed in revenge for the abduction of an army colonel by left-wing guerrillas. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 24, 2017
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(BBC) A judge in Argentina has ruled that the former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, should stand trial on charges of financial mismanagement. Ms Fernandez, 64, is accused of fraudulently administering state funds in 2015. The former economy minister, Axel Kiciloff, and the former head of the central bank have also been charged. Ms Fernandez, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 20, 2017
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Guyana will be among eight Caribbean States that will benefit from a recently announced, $40 Million in funding for poverty reduction in the region through the Basic Needs Trust Fund. According to a statement from the Caribbean Development Bank, the resources will support improved access to quality education; water and sanitation; basic community access and […]
By News Source Guyana on February 28, 2017
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(United Nations, New York) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Dag Halvor Nylander of Norway as his Personal Representative on the Border Controversy between Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. By the Geneva Agreement of 17 February 1966, Guyana and Venezuela have referred to the Secretary-General the decision as to means […]
By News Source Guyana on February 17, 2017
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The 15 Heads of Government of CARICOM have all renewed their commitment to work towards the realisation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This is according to Chair of the Community, President David Granger. He made the statement following a caucus on day one of the 28th Inter-session Meeting of the Conference of Heads of […]
By News Source Guyana on February 17, 2017
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Dominica’s Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Lennox Linton is currently in Guyana calling for the resignation of that island’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit. Linton’s trip coincides with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 28th Inter-sessional meeting which is currently being held in Guyana. Speaking at a news conference at Herdmanston Lodge on Thursday afternoon, the Opposition Leader said that […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2017
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-by Handel Duncan- The 28th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown with Secretary-General of CARICOM – Ambassador Irwin LaRocque telling the gathering of Heads that the region is not delivering results as fast as it should in a number of areas. Ambassador LaRocque listed […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2017
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The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), crime and security and correspondent banking are among the issues to be discussed at CARICOM’s 28th Intercessional Heads of Government meeting. The two-day meeting will be hosted in Guyana at the CARICOM Secretariat, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on February 16 and 17. At a press briefing on Monday, CARICOM […]