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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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- In response to Trinidad Cement Limited's (TCL) allegations that the government of Guyana is in contempt of the court after it failed to reinstate the Common External Tariff on imported cement, Attorney General Charles Ramson said that government has always abided by the law. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Recognizing that climate change provides opportunities from which businesses can profit as well as threats, and emphasizing GUYEXPO 2009’s theme, “Promoting business in a low carbon environment”, President Bharrat Jagdeo urged the audience at the trade show’s opening...  read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- A five-member World Bank team led by Dr Laurent Debroux, Senior Natural Resource Economist, arrived in Guyana on Tuesday to conduct a second due diligence study, which will be done through dialogue and observation, on Guyana’s readiness to participate in the... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) and subsidiary TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) on Tuesday filed an application in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) against the government of Guyana requesting the CCJ to hold Guyana in contempt of court for failing to implement the Common External Tariff. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government has commissioned the newly constructed European Union-funded Doppler Weather Radar system at Timehri, linking with similar EU-funded structures in the region to complete the wider Caribbean basin weather radar network. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government is digging deep into the public treasury to finance an unfinished hotel here as the investors are faced with financial problems. This was announced by the Secretary to the Cabinet Roger Luncheon on Monday following the signing of an agreement. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Finance Ministers of the Commonwealth have expressed appreciation for policy measures undertaken to maintain global demand and stabilize capital markets, especially by member countries of the G20, but stressed the need for continued concerted international action. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- President Bharrat Jagdeo has called for a strong partnership with the private sector as part of his government’s effort to move Guyana’s economic development forward in this time of global economic pressures. Addressing the official opening of the annual trade fare and exposition... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's Childcare and Protection Agency of the Human Services Ministry has called for an investigation into an alleged conversation between a fifteen year old boy and information liaison to the president, Kwami McCoy, in which a man purporting to be McCoy was soliciting sex. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Avoided deforestation and carbon credits for countries with standing forest is likely to be a part of the United Nations Climate deal come this December. This is according to Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo when he returned from the 64th Session of the General Assembly on Monday. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government and the inter-American Development Bank have signed two technical cooperation agreements totaling US $1,450,000 which will see the bank providing support for the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and Guyana’s efforts to improve disaster risk. read more...

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LONDON, England -- A group of Caribbbean High Commissioners in London this week paid a visit to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh, with the aim of fostering a deeper relationship with members of the Scottish Parliament with the proposed establishment of a Cross-Party Parliamentary Group. read more...

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Bloomberg) -- Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Latin America’s largest utility, aims to build power plants in Peru, Guyana, Argentina and other Latin American countries to secure energy supplies as economic growth picks up, a minister said. “Brazil wants that, and neighbor countries are also interested... read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) -- The president of Guyana wants to turn his country into one of the world's most environmentally progressive countries by preserving vast swaths of tropical rain forest -- if rich nations pay for it. Protecting forests is crucial, he said, as destruction of tropical forests releases carbon dioxide. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- President Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed on Friday that Guyana received the promised $3 billion (US$15 million) from the regional Petroleum Fund. The money is to be used to assist Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO)-Guyana, which is a subsidiary of now Insolvent CL Financial. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government held talks with City Hall, excluding Mayor Hamilton Green, on Saturday as Guyana’s capital Georgetown has been overflowing with garbage for the past month after the city administration says it is “penniless and cannot pay contractors to remove the waste." read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The government in Guyana has set aside GY$400 million (US$2 million) to help revive the crippling local rice industry amidst the high in put costs farmers are complaining about. This was announced by President Bharrat Jagdeo at a media conference after a meeting with rice farmers. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Secretary to the Guyana Defence Board, Dr Roger Luncheon, on Thursday released the Board of Inquiry report into the robbery and murder of Dweive Ramdass by ranks of the Coast Guard stationed at Fort Island. The Board of Inquiry, led by Lieutenant Colonel C F Kyte... read more...

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