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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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyanese government on Thursday said, while the pull out of the British government from the reform of the local security sector will have some physical impact on the project, they are not so worried since the state will fill this gap. Government spokesman and secretary... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Inter- American Development Bank has approved a US$24.8 million credit line to fund major road rehabilitation works in Guyana. The bank announced that the funds will support a government programme to cut travel time, costs and boost safety and accessibility. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett says Guyana is going full blast to implement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) and called on sister member states to view this process as critical to the region's survival. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Three Guyana Defence Force (GDF) members, including an officer, are under close arrest after they were found with three drums of suspected smuggled fuel at the Parika Stelling on Sunday, a police release said. Acting on information, ranks intercepted a boat with the soldiers onboard. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held official talks with his Guyanese counterpart, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, who arrived in Havana on Wednesday. Cuba and Guyana keep excellent bilateral relations as shown by the cooperation projects maintained between the two countries. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government has made applying for a machine readable passport by its citizens living abroad hassle free by the setting up of a processing desk at its consulates, high commissions and embassies overseas. Dr Roger Luncheon revealed this at a media briefing on Wednesday. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana and its South American neighbour Venezuela have entered into a US$18.8 million (GY$3.7 billion) export deal that will see Guyana exporting over 50,000 tonnes of rice to Venezuela. The agreement was signed on Wednesday at a press briefing convened at the Ministry of Agriculture. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The police in Guyana have heeded the call of the opposition parties and have announced the establishment of a special investigation team to inquire into the alleged murders that have surfaced during the court hearing of drug dealer Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan in the United States. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Newspaper editors from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be participating in a workshop on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Jamaica from 22-23 October 2009. The workshop is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with funding provided... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana notched up 49 places from 88 in 2008 to 39 in the Reporters Without Borders 2009 Press Freedom Index, which was released on Tuesday. Guyana tied 39th with Bosnia, Herzegovina and Chile, overtaking Suriname (42) with only Jamaica at 23 and Trinidad and Tobago at 28 ahead. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- A liberalised telecom-munications sector in Guyana that is competitive with leading countries in scope and cost of services has been the main thrust behind government’s vision. Minister of Finance Ashni Singh made these remarks while speaking on government’s behalf. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- As Guyana joined in the observances of World Food Day 2009, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud urged the Caribbean Community look more to locally grown and produced foods, particularly since Guyana has embarked on a programme to assist the region in attaining food security. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Another fire of unknown origin swept through Regent Street in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, completely destroying three businesses. The blaze started around 3:30 am on Sunday inside the Household Plus building, another branch of which suffered a similar fate less than two weeks ago. . read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's Attorney General on Thursday told reporters that the government is left with no option but to reimpose the Common External Tariff (CET) on cement imported from outside the region as was ruled by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Attorney General Charles Ramson told reporters... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo has raised concerns over what he termed a “conflict of interest” by the chairman of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trust Fund Dr Rollin Bernard since he is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL)... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The free movement of labour and goods, reduction of the food import bill, and strategies to ensure the general public’s effective participation in the CSME were among the key issues raised at an Open Forum of the Convocation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Tragedy has struck Regent Street in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on Friday afternoon, when a fire of unknown origin completely gutted three businesses. Reports are the blaze started around 4:00 pm in one of the businesses, Regent Household Electronics. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is also currently Chairman of CARICOM, on Thursday morning led a Caribbean delegation in a meeting with the President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick. Addressing the meeting on behalf of the Caribbean region was President Jagdeo. read more...

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