Guyana
Guyana Elections Set for November 28th
October 9, 2011 | 9:34 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo announced tonight that general and regional elections will be held on Nov. 28. Jagdeo will not be running in the elections, meaning Guyana will have a new prime minister for the first time since 1999. A number of third parties have already agreed to observe the elections, including the Organization of more...
Following China’s Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market
October 7, 2011 | 11:42 am | 0 Comment
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted by several billion dollars in loans to the region announced last month. Now it seems neighbour South Korea may be more...
Antigua , Dominica , Guadeloupe , Guyana , Haiti , Markets , News , St Kitts and Nevis
CARICOM Meets on Crime
October 5, 2011 | 4:43 pm | 0 Comment
Above: the meeting in Guyana (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Participants from St Kitts and Nevis, Belize, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are meeting in Guyana this week as part of a four-day sub-regional meeting on gangs and gang violence in the Caribbean. CARICOM has organized a series of sub-regional consultations titled Youth Gangs and more...
Belize , Guyana , Markets , News , St Kitts and Nevis , Trinidad
Guyana Grants Land Title to Amerindians
October 3, 2011 | 7:08 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai (Photo: GINA) Amerindians will own approximately 20 percent of Guyana's land mass when the titling and demarcation has been completed, according to Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai. Sukhai was speaking at the Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations at the Mainstay Resort on Saturday. Guyana's more...
Guyana, Venezuela Meeting on Sea Shelf
September 30, 2011 | 1:07 am | 0 Comment
Above: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Guyanese FM Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2009 (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) Officials from Venezuela and Guyana are meeting Friday to discuss the decision by Guyana to make a claim on a large portion of continental shelf off its waters in the Caribbean sea. Venezuelan Foreign more...
Guyana, Canada Meet on Tourism
September 28, 2011 | 7:04 am | 0 Comment
Above: Minister Maniram Prashad and High Commissioner David Devine Guyanese Minister of Tourism Maniram Prashad met yesterday with new Candian High Commissioner to Guyana David Devine. The two officials spoke about the countries' 45-year-long history of diplomatic relations, and the potential for deeper investment and trade. Prashad pointed to Guyana's growing more...
Guyana Takes Chair of CARPHA
September 27, 2011 | 1:00 am | 0 Comment
Above: Leslie Ramsammy (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has been appointed the first chairman of the Executive Board of the new Caribbean Public Health Agency. The 14-member board was installed at the agency's first meeting Friday in Washington, DC. CARICOM Chairman Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of more...
Author Maggie Harris on “Kiskadee Girl”
September 26, 2011 | 3:35 am | 0 Comment
Author Maggie Harris, whose 1999 poetry collection, "Limbolands," won the Guyana Prize for Literature, has returned to the place of her childhood with "Kiskadee Girl," published by Kingston University Press, a memoir of her time growing up in Guyana. Caribbean Journal talked to Harris about what motivated the book, the importance of music in Guyana and in her work and how more...
Jagdeo, IMF’s Lagarde Meet
September 26, 2011 | 3:20 am | 0 Comment
Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (Photos: GINA and IMF) Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo met Friday with the newly-appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. The two officials spoke on the issue of climate change, and a new strategy when dealing with funds for battling more...
Guyana, IDB Sign Loan Agreement
September 24, 2011 | 1:45 pm | 0 Comment
Above: President Bharrat Jagdeo and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and Finance Minister Ashni Singh met yesterday with the President of the Innter-American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, at the bank's headquarters in Washington, DC. Jagdeo was joined by Finance Minister Ashni Singh. more...
