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Guyana Plans to Focus on Community Tourism
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Guyana Tourism Authority says it has been laying the groundwork to support a push to promote community tourism in Guyana. The agency’s director, Brian Mullis, highlighted several primary objectives, including raising the profile of […]
Making Caribbean Internet Climate Resilient
By Gerard Best CJ Contributor A new initiative to make Caribbean Internet infrastructure less vulnerable to the impact of climate change and natural disasters is gaining momentum across the region. Several Internet organisations recently held talks in Puerto Rico to […]
Guyana’s Latest Green Project
By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Guyana has been one of the Caribbean’s green energy pioneers in recent years, with a number of high-profile projects most notably in solar. Now the country has added another sustainable project to its portfolio: the […]
A New Solar Farm Is Coming to Guyana
A new solar farm is coming to a far corner of the Caribbean region. Guyana’s Mabaruma region will soon be getting the area’s first-ever solar farm, at an investment cost of around $1.29 million USD. The installation, which will take place […]
How This Caribbean Country is Providing Energy for Remote Communities
Above: a home fitted with a solar system in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff While Guyana has a population of around 740,000 people, it’s also one of the least densely populated places in the wider region. That means there […]
A Jamaican Patty Pilgrimage in Miami
By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon Twenty-five minutes’ wait for a patty? You’ve got to be kidding me! I’ve driven 20 miles from home out to the hinterlands of Kendall, where I’ve heard from reliable sources that Sonia’s […]
Suriname: IDB Approves $40M in Loans For Electricity Sector
Above: Suriname By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a pair of loans totaling $40 million to boost the electricity sector in Suriname. The loans, which were approved under the IDB’s Flexible Financing Facility, both have […]
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 […]
Brazil, Guyana Hold Discussions on Potential Coast Guard Partnership
Above: President Donald Ramotar meets Brazilian Vice Admiral Ademir Sobrinho, joined by Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana Luiz Seixas De Andrade (left) By the Caribbean Journal staff Brazilian Vice Admiral Ademir Sobrinho recently made his first visit to neighbouring […]
Guyana Continues Push to Bring Solar Power to Amerindian Communities
Above: a resident of Guyana’s Region 9 taking home a solar panel earlier this year By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s government this week delivered solar panels to a series of Amerindian villages, as part of the country’s push to […]
Guyana Continues Rural Solar Project
Above: a resident of Guyana’s Region 9 takes home a solar panel By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s government recently delivered new solar panels to residents of the country’s Region 9, part of a continued green energy programme in the […]
Guyana’s Road to Brazil Moves Forward
Above: the Takutu River Bridge (Photo: GINA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has completed a feasibility study for the Linden to Lethem Road paving project that would link the country with Brazil, the government announced Friday. Guyana will share […]
Solar Project to Power Guyana’s Remote Amerindian Communities
Above: a building in the hinterlands equipped with solar panels (Photo: GINA) Guyana to Begin Solar Pilot Project Guyana’s Hinterland Electrification Unit is preparing to install the first 1,000 solar panels as part of a pilot programme in the country. […]
Guyana Spends $92M on Health, Energy
Above: Parliament in Guyana (Photo: Guyana) Guyana has spent $92 million on improvements to its healthcare and electricity sectors in the first half of 2011, Finance Minister Ashni Singh announced yesterday. The government is working on improving the health infrastructure […]
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