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Can Tourism Transform Guyana?

Above: the Pakaraima Mountain Safari in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana is making progress on its path to develop a full-fledged tourism sector — and it’s something that can help transform the country’s future, according to Indranauth Haralsingh, […]

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UN: Guyana to Lead Caribbean in Economic Growth in 2013

Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana is projected to lead the Caribbean in economic growth in 2013, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Suriname’s GDP is projected to grow by 4.5 […]

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LIAT Makes First Flight to Ogle International Airport in Guyana

Above: Ogle Airport By the Caribbean Journal staff LIAT has officially launched service from Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport to Guyana’s Ogle International Airport. The company launched its first flight on Saturday, the first of what will be daily scheduled […]

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Caribbean Ministers Gather in Singapore

Above: Singapore By the Caribbean Journal staff A group of Caribbean Ministers is currently in Singapore for high-level talks. The first-ever CARICOM High-Level Ministerial Exchange Visit to Singapore was headline Monday by the announcement of an enhanced technical assistance package […]


Guyana, Suriname Join MERCOSUR as Associate Members

Above: Guyana President Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff More and more Caribbean countries are looking to deepen their ties with regional neighbours in both Central and South America. In the latest such step, Guyana and Suriname have joined […]


In Guyana, New Hopes For Cassava

Above: producing farine in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana is looking to the cassava sector for what the government believes could be a “substantial economic contribution.” The government is particularly eyeing the cassava byproduct of farine, a flour-like […]

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Guyana, CARICOM Development Fund Agree on $7.3M in Funding

Above: CARICOM Secretariat headquarters By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and the CARICOM Development Fund have signed a country assistance programme agreement that will bring $7.32 million into the country’s agriculture sector. The agreement combines a $4.56 million concessionary loan […]


CDB Continues Poverty Alleviation Programme in Guyana

Above: the launch in Georgetown (Photo: CDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Development Bank has launched the seventh cycle of its Basic Needs Trust Fund in Guyana. Guyana Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, the country’s representative on the […]


Guyana to Continue Laptop Distribution

Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana will be continuing its programme to distribute laptops to families in the country. The programme, which has thus far distributed 28,000 laptops, will begin what the government called a “massive distribution exercise” […]

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Guyana to Open Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Above: the centre By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana will open the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration on Friday, a facility that will provide refuge for some of the country’s homeless population. The project, located on a 7.3-acre […]


Guyana, Jamaica Lead CTO/TravelMole Sustainable Tourism Awards

Above: the Tryall Club and Villas in Jamaica By Alexander Britell PORT OF SPAIN — Tourism organizations and hotels from Guyana and Jamaica dominated the list of winners at this year’s CTO TravelMole Sustainable Tourism awards in Trinidad. The awards […]


Guyana, US Sign Open Skies Agreement

Above: the Umana Yana in Georgetown By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States and Guyana have signed an Open Skies air services agreement, the State Department Announced this week. The agreement was signed March 25 by US Ambassador to […]


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