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Guyana Spends $92M on Health, Energy

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Hyatt Pushes Back Reopening of Seven Jamaica All-Inclusive Resorts as Delays Continue Into 2027

Hyatt’s return to Jamaica just moved again. The company is pushing back the reopening of several major all-inclusive resorts in Montego Bay and Rose Hall to the first quarter of 2027, following continued recovery work after Hurricane Melissa. It’s the latest adjustment in a timeline that has already been extended, and it affects one of […]

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Guyana, Canada High Commissioner Meet

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo, left, and new Canadian High Commissioner David Devine (Photo: GIA) Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo met with new Canadian High Commissioner David Devine yesterday in a ceremony to present Devine’s letters of credence to the president. Devine said he vowed to continue the longstanding relationship between the two countries, which he […]

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Canada, Guyana Agree on Gold Mining

The Canadian International Development Agency and Guyana’s Geology and Mines Commission signed an agreement today to improve Guyana’s technical capacity for gold mining, along with introducing cyanide leaching technology. Guyanese Prime Miniseter Samuel Hinds was joined for the signing in Liliendaal by Raymond Drouin, CIDA’s head of development cooperation of Guyana and Suriname. The project […]

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Guyana Gives Aid for Africa Famine Relief

Above: refugees in Somalia (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo announced his government would grant $100,000 in relief for those suffering from the famine in the Horn of Africa. “It is impossible not to be moved by the distressing images of innocent children suffering helplessly at the hands of a […]

Canada, Guyana Agree on Gold Mining

By Alexander Britell The Caribbean is continually looking for ways to emerge from the downturn. And with an economy largely dependent on tourism, a changing world economy – and a changing world climate — pose new problems for the region. The solution, says Dr Keith Nurse, is to tap into new markets and resources — […]

LaRocque Begins Term with Guyana Visit

Above: CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque with Acting Guyanese President Samuel Hinds (Photo: CARICOM) New CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque began his term yesterday with a visit to the Guyanese government, meeting with acting President Samuel Hinds and making a courtesy visit with Foreign Minister Caroline Rodrigues-Birkett. Yesterday, regional integration expert Professor Norman Girvan told Caribbean Journal […]

Talking with the Caribbean's Rum Minister

By Alexander Britell The “noble spirit” of rum has captivated the Caribbean for centuries, and Edward Hamilton has devoted himself to exploring it. Hamilton, who began the “Ministry of Rum” website in 1995 and is a leading rum importer based out of Chicago, has traveled the Caribbean and beyond, usually on his sailboat, tasting and […]

Guyana, Brazil Strengthen Relations

Above: Brazilian Foreign Minister Ambassador Antonio Patriota and Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (GIA Photo) Guyana and Brazil are strengthening relations on several fronts, highlighted by a Sports Cooperation Agreement that will develop sports competitions and share experience in sports facilities and marketing between the two states. The sports agreement was signed by Guyanese Foreign […]

CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Agreement Unlikely before Next Year

Above: Canadian diplomat Francois Montour, left, and Guyanese Prime Minister Sam Hinds (GINA Photo) The Free Trade Agreement currently in the process of being negotiated by Canada and CARICOM could see its completion by later this year, but may end up being finished in 2012. “It seems that it may extend into next year,” said […]

OAS, CARICOM to Observe Guyana Vote

Above: Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo (File Photo) Several international organizations will observe Guyana’s general elections this year, according to a senior Guyanese government official. Both CARICOM and the Organization of American States have agreed to send observers, and Guyana asked the European Union yesterday to send a mission to oversee the election. [Demarara Waves]

Cheddi Jagan Official: All Systems in Place After Caribbean Airlines Crash

Cheddi Jagan Airport officials said all systems were in place after the crash of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 on July 30. Caribbean Airlines representatives are currently in Georgetown, along with officials from the United States’ National Transportation Safety Board. Calls between airport officials, maintenance staff and fire service were made according to established procedures, […]

How the Caribbean Airlines Crash Could Hurt Guyana's Agriculture

Above: Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud (GIS Photo) The recent crash of a Caribbean Airlines flight at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airpot could disrupt the Guyana Ministry of Agriculture’s plan to increase the size of its agriculture exports shipped by air freight. “The assurance I got from the CEO [of Caribbean Airlines] by the way […]

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