News Items

• Inauguration Statement by His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
  The General and Regional Elections of 2011 have been concluded. The results have been declared. These results reflect the democratic will of the people which is paramount and which must be respected. This is the very essence of democracy and our elections have reaffirmed our maturity as a democratic nation, something of which we should all be proud......
  
• Canada seeks extension of Caribbean free trade accord
  GEORGETOWN, Guyana. 23 November 2011 — Canada will ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to extend  a Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement for two years because negotiations for a new  trade accord have not concluded.
  Source: Google News

• Guyana presidential candidate calls on business community to help solve ethnic problems
    by Global News Staff April 28 2011
  GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The first of a series of presentations by Guyana's presidential candidates was delivered on Wednesday  when the Alliance for Change (AFC) nominee, Khemraj Ramjattan, told the business community that it should play a major role  in addressing ethnic insecurity.
  
• Guyana's president dismisses US economic report
   Saturday, May 1, 2010.  Georgetown, Guyana --
  President Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed the findings of the US State Department 2010 Index of Economic Freedom as an untrue reflection of reality in Guyana.

• Are remittances pivotal to Guyana’s development?

by Tarron Khemraj
Several commentators have recently expressed the view that remittances are important for Guyana’s economic development

• Maintaining macro-economic stability is priority for Guyana government

February 11, 2009 .  Guyana (GINA): Maintaining macroeconomic stability in the immediate and medium-term has been targeted as a priority in the setting of the 2009 National Budget in Guyana

• Guyana third in World Bank World Development Index 2008

Guyana placed behind Dominica and Grenada in the Caribbean on the World Bank’s World Development Indicator for 2008. source: Caribbean Net News

• Guyana concerned over cost to access EU funding to implement EPA

October 27, 2008. Guyana: The European Commission (EC) has said that it has mobilized some 165 million euros (US$210 million) through the European Development Fund (EDF) Regional Programme for the Caribbean to help assist CARIFORUM with the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

• Guyana: World Bank Approves $9.6 Million Grant to Strengthen Economic Governance and Reduce Poverty

Washington, April 27, 2006 ?The World Bank’s Board of Directors today approved a $9.6 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to support the government of Guyana in its efforts to strengthen economic governance and reduce poverty. In particular, the new program aims to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency with which resources are used across the public sector, including by strengthening the role of Parliament in fiduciary oversight.
Source: World Bank

• Presidents Jagdeo and Castro sign cooperation agreements

Georgetown, GINA, February 04, 2006

Guyana and Cuba have heightened their relations with Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Fidel Castro affixing their signatures on enhanced cooperation agreements.

President Jagdeo left Guyana for Cuba on February 1, accompanied by Minister of Public Service Dr. Jennifer Westford, Director of Budget Dr. Ashni Singh, Director of Regional Health Services Dr. Bheri Ramsarran and Director of Protocol at the Office of the President Col. Francis Abrahams.
Source:Office of the President of Guyana