LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The United States pledged $275 million to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London. The US pledge follows an offer last week from Norway to pay Guyana up to $250 million by 2015. read more...

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KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait -- On Sunday, November 15, 2009, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) announced that it will provide an additional US$1 billion for agricultural development in poor countries, which will benefit member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), of which Guyana is a member. read more...

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AMMAN, Jordan -- The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World (2009 Edition) is a first of its kind published by the Prince Al-waleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding of Georgetown University, Washington DC in conjunction with the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman, Jordan. read more...

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On October 28, 2009, this writer, upon browsing the Kaieteur News of Guyana, was left open-mouthed in astonishment at finding on page 9 of the newspaper, a big bold copy of my last article published on October 27, 2009, by Caribbean Net News entitled ‘Restorative justice: a farfetched idea for the Caribbean?’. read more...

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ROME, Italy -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and president of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo wants the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to support the Caribbean’s agriculture plan. Jagdeo has responsibility for agriculture in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is also responsible for Agriculture in the Quasi Cabinet of the regional grouping, believes policy makers are losing sight of the importance of agriculture in ensuring regional food security. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -- Two international development banks are to finance a $500 million hydro electricity project in Guyana, aimed at bringing down energy costs in the South American nation. "Everything seems to be on track to start the project by mid-next year," President Bharrat Jagdeo said. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Bharrat Jagdeo administration in Guyana has revised the country's projected economic growth, which has been reduced by nearly half from the projections presented in February by the country’s finance minister Ashni Singh during his budget presentation. read more...

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GEORGETOWN,Guyana (GINA) -- The strengthening and modernization of the financial system with the formulation and enactment of relevant legislature has over the years enabled sustained economic growth and development. Minister of Finance Ashni Singh, during his presentation on the Credit Reporting Bill... read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has condemned the brutal torture of a 14 year-old boy by Guyana police at the Leonora Police Station, West Coast Demerara, and accused the force of an attempted cover-up. It is also calling for the removal of Guyana’s Police Commissioner, Henry Green. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- As countries around the world battle the effects of the global financial and economic crisis and seek to formulate and implement recovery plans and mechanisms to foster stability in economies, the Caribbean banking sector is urged to recognise the important lessons of the crisis. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Representatives from the Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative (GSTI) and the Guyana-based tour operator, Wilderness Explorers, recently attended the Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS) in Quebec, Canada. The ATWS is sponsored by the  Adventure Travel Trade Association. read more...

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As a world citizen, I’m flabbergasted at the recent waves of injustice within Guyana’s Police Force. I recently learned about the inhumane act of torture bestowed upon Deonarine Rafick and another 15 year old victim through Amnesty International. I believe that these acts were simply horrendous. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- At a press briefing on Tuesday at the Office of the President, Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo said the agreement reached between Guyana and Norway that will see the latter country providing US$250 million to Guyana should be treated as a national achievement. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The need for a diversified economic base in light of the global financial and economic crisis was further highlighted during the opening of the 41st Annual Monetary Studies Conference at the Bank of Guyana on Tuesday. Minister of Finance Ashni Singh delivered the feature address. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Guyana and Norway to protect Guyana’s tropical forests Monday at the bucolic Fairview village, Region Nine on the banks of the mighty Essequibo River, Guyana could receive as much as US$250 million by 2015. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) -- The United States said it is helping Guyana track down a suspected mastermind in a series of domestic terror attacks, despite local concerns Washington is doing little to help. Guyanese authorities have linked the suspected master-mind in the US with the attacks. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -- A woman jumped off a towering waterfall in Guyana on Saturday in an apparent suicide, tourism workers said. The 23-year-old Guyanese woman broke away from a group and jumped off the 741-foot Kaieteur Falls at the end of an early morning tour, according to tour operator. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana is the first country to complete its due diligence study under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), with the country being granted access to programme resources. This will enable government to conduct greater advocacy on climate change read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Deeply concerned about the spate of overnight crimes in Guyana involving, murder, abduction and arson in the early hours of Wednesday morning, speaking at a press conference on Friday President Bharrat Jagdeo vowed that those responsible will be pursued and caught. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbadian officials are ‘pulling out all the stops' to ensure the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Twenty20 tournament, to be staged in the region next year will be successful. This was asserted recently by President of the Barbados Cricket Association, Joel Garner. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The world economic downturn has significantly affected the tourism sector in the Caribbean with many countries recording a drop in tourist arrivals. However, Guyana’s tourist arrivals for January - October, 2009 have placed the country in the top position. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The Joint Services and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have heightened their vigilance in the city and in its environs following a series of crimes which started overnight Tuesday involving murder, abduction, arson and armed attacks on the Brickdam police station. read more...

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GEORGEROWN, Guyana -- The Commissioner of Police in Guyana has said that at least two of the men involved in the shooting of two police stations and attempts to burn the supreme court and a school on Wednesday were part of the gang that torched the ministry of health headquarters here on July 17 last. read more...

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LONDON, England -- Amnesty International has urged the Guyanese authorities to charge police officers involved in the torture and ill-treatment of three individuals, including a 15-year-old boy, who were detained in relation to a murder investigation. Officers tortured the teenager by setting light to his genitals. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo has given local police two weeks to conduct a “full investigation” into the recent allegations of two policemen here torturing a 14 year old boy accused of murder. Jagdeo told a media conference on Thursday that the act was “callous”. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, on Monday told the media that, the Government of Guyana has reiterated its commitment, time and again to due process with respect to the committal of criminal offences. Further, Government abhors torture and any act so committed... read more...

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I join Guyana’s former Attorney General, Bernard de Santos, Attorneys-at-Law Nigel Hughes, Raphael Trotman, Khemraj Ramjatan and 25 other prominent Attorneys, in strongly condemning the barbaric torture of the 14 year-old son of Ms Shirley Thomas, as well as the torture of Deonarine Rafick. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The United States Embassy in Guyana has revoked the visa of Press and Publicity Officer at the Office of the President, Kwami McCoy, following a controversial recording of him soliciting sex from a teenager a little over a month ago. McCoy said he was not informed of the revocation. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A group of heavily armed gunmen launched an early Wednesday morning attack on the Brickdam police station creating panic in the quiet downtown Georgetown, Guyana. The armed men arrived at around 2 am on Wednesday in a white Toyota wagon, drove straight into the station and... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Police in Guyana say the two ranks accused of torturing a young boy, including setting ablaze his genitals during an interrogation, have been charged criminally. Police in a statement on Tuesday confirmed the men will be appearing in court on Wednesday to answer to the charges. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Robert Corbin, the leader of Guyana's opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), on Monday handed over to the local police force a list of some 450 names of people murdered in recent years, allegedly by the Shaheed ‘Roger' Khan gang. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the government in Guyana have added their voices to the condemnation of the torture of a 14-year-old murder accused at the hands of local police. A statement from the PNCR on Saturday said it condemns... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The work of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been bolstered with the release on Sunday of the comparative figures of serious crimes countrywide for the period January 1 to October 27, 2009, which show a 5% decline in the crime rate, led by a significant fall in murders of 30%. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -- Police in Guyana said on Saturday two officers had been arrested over accusations of setting fire to a 14-year-old boy's genitals in a case creating an uproar in the South American nation. The incident is the latest in a series of rights accusations against security forces. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former Guyanese talk show host and former treason accused Mark Benschop was arrested here on Thursday as heavily armed policemen raided his home in the city and seized a piece of wireless equipment which authorities say was being used to operate an illegal radio station. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Labour Minster, Manzoor Nadir on Thursday evening ordered the Guyana Sugar Corporation, one of the country's largest employers, and its workers union, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union to move to arbitration. After several months of negotiation there is no agreement. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- From October 1-12, Guyana played host to a group of tourism professionals – tour operators, researchers, journalists, and conservationists – on a product familiarization trip spotlighting the South American country’s nature and cultural tourism activities. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Noting that there have been developments associated with the provision of cement on the local market by Trinidad Cement Limited, Cabinet Secretary, Roger Luncheon, on Thursday stated the regional cement company is failing to meet the expectations of the Caribbean Region read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Young people from six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, yesterday, completed a three-day training programme in Edutainment ,designed to assist them to influence their peers positively through that method. The CARICOM Secretariat partnered with the... read more...

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