Guyana
Sir Shridath Ramphal is one of the architects of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. From 1975-1990, he was Secretary General of the Commonwealth. He continues to work on environmental, governmental and other developmental challenges and is a fervent advocate of Caribbean integration.
Considered to be the Caribbean’s leading former statesperson, his career extends across...
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
Thundering waterfalls, fast-flowing rivers and face-to-face encounters with some of the world’s endangered giants and the rich cultural mix. Guyana is surprisingly still off the tourists’ beaten track.
The diverse 751,000 population of Amerindians, Africans, East Indians, Chinese, Portuguese and other Europeans are seen in the faces of Georgetown’s citizens, the first stop...
Guyana’s coastal belt, where the majority of the population lives, is particularly prone to flooding. It lies one and a half metres below sea level. The building and repair of sea defences have long been a priority for EU funding. And a new programme is replenishing low cost mangrove cover which provides a natural defence which fits into the government’s low carbon strategy....
Geert Heikens, a Dutch national, is the EU’s Ambassador in Guyana, a position he has held for nearly four years. The Georgetown Delegation also covers relations with Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and the former Dutch Antilles as well with the CARICOM Secretariat .He was formerly the EU’s Ambassador in Eritrea. The bulk of the EU’s 10th European Development Fund (...
Guyana is the only food secure nation in the Caribbean. It has the potential to reduce the region’s $US4bn food import bill. Challenges are climate change, improving the competitiveness of the sugar industry and diversification into other crops such as fruits and vegetables, says Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud.
“For us the biggest worry is climate change and its...
Bharrat Jagdeo will step down as his country’s leader towards the end of year when he completes his maximum two five-year successive terms as President of Guyana. A successor to run in the 2011 elections for the People’s Progressive Party – and a firm election date – are yet to be announced. His economist’s training comes out in conversation. With the help...
Christopher Columbus sailed past the coast of Guiana [Ed: original spelling] on his third voyage in the Americas in 1498 but there was little or no European presence or settlement of any significance for the following 100 years until the Dutch, British and Spanish began fighting for control of the colony’s vast land area.
The country’s history, however, dates back more than...
Sir Shridath Ramphal is one of the architects of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. From 1975-1990, he was Secretary General of the Commonwealth. He continues to work on environmental, governmental and other developmental challenges and is a fervent advocate of Caribbean integration.
Considered to be the Caribbean’s leading former statesperson, his career extends across...
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
Thundering waterfalls, fast-flowing rivers and face-to-face encounters with some of the world’s endangered giants and the rich cultural mix. Guyana is surprisingly still off the tourists’ beaten track.
The diverse 751,000 population of Amerindians, Africans, East Indians, Chinese, Portuguese and other Europeans are seen in the faces of Georgetown’s citizens, the first stop...
Guyana’s coastal belt, where the majority of the population lives, is particularly prone to flooding. It lies one and a half metres below sea level. The building and repair of sea defences have long been a priority for EU funding. And a new programme is replenishing low cost mangrove cover which provides a natural defence which fits into the government’s low carbon strategy....
Geert Heikens, a Dutch national, is the EU’s Ambassador in Guyana, a position he has held for nearly four years. The Georgetown Delegation also covers relations with Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba and the former Dutch Antilles as well with the CARICOM Secretariat .He was formerly the EU’s Ambassador in Eritrea. The bulk of the EU’s 10th European Development Fund (...
Guyana is the only food secure nation in the Caribbean. It has the potential to reduce the region’s $US4bn food import bill. Challenges are climate change, improving the competitiveness of the sugar industry and diversification into other crops such as fruits and vegetables, says Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud.
“For us the biggest worry is climate change and its...
Bharrat Jagdeo will step down as his country’s leader towards the end of year when he completes his maximum two five-year successive terms as President of Guyana. A successor to run in the 2011 elections for the People’s Progressive Party – and a firm election date – are yet to be announced. His economist’s training comes out in conversation. With the help...
Christopher Columbus sailed past the coast of Guiana [Ed: original spelling] on his third voyage in the Americas in 1498 but there was little or no European presence or settlement of any significance for the following 100 years until the Dutch, British and Spanish began fighting for control of the colony’s vast land area.
The country’s history, however, dates back more than...
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