An Irish teenager who took a year off to teach in South America has ended up in court on a charge of threatening to assassinate the president of Guyana. Cillian Crosson, 17, from Lambtown, Ardee, is working as a volunteer teacher with the Project Trust charity. The court was told he was heard making the [...]
U.S. Awards Millions to Guyana in Fight Against Corruption, Drug Trade
February 2, 2013 | Posted by
In two agreements signed yesterday Guyana and the United States agreed to ramp up their cooperation in the areas of anticorruption, law enforcement and information sharing. The agreements valued at $172 million were signed by Guyana Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and U.S Ambassador Brent Hardt, and result from the amendment of an agreement that [...]
Regional Integration Remains Key to Caricom Development
January 19, 2013 | Posted by
Regional integration, once fully achieved, may very well make the difference in affording small states such as Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, and other Caricom countries, a plethora of advantages both in their personal development and as a unified bloc. This is according to Dr. Mark Kirton, senior lecturer at the University of West Indies’ Institute [...]
IMF Predicts Near 4 Percent Growth for Guyana
December 3, 2012 | Posted by
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Guyana recorded another year of robust growth in 2011 supported by favorable external conditions, including rising foreign direct investment and low inflation. The Washington-based world financial body is predicting that the country’s economic growth for 2012 will be in the vicinity of 3.7 per cent. The IMF says the [...]
Guyana Investigating Police Killings with Racial Overtones
October 2, 2012 | Posted by
In a case with remarkable parallels to the mining massacre that killed 34 in South Africa in August, the South American nation of Guyana is dealing with the aftermath of it own mining massacre that occurred in July when police opened fire on a group protesting electricity prices, killing three. The Guyanese were protesting the [...]
What’s Behind Guyana ‘No Confidence’ Motion Against Minister of Home Affairs
July 30, 2012 | Posted by
It may come as a surprise to Jamaicans, Trinidadians and Barbadians grappling with their own domestic socio-economic and political challenges that the parliamentary Opposition in Guyana is debating a “no confidence” motion against the country’s minister of home affairs, Clement Rohee, rather than one with a wider national dimension at a time of claimed “crisis”. [...]
Surinamese File Complains About Corrupt Guyanese Police
July 17, 2012 | Posted by
In the wake of accusations by Surinamese drivers that they are being harassed by police who they have to bribe to escape charges, Guyanese police on Tuesday urged visitors to go to the police station where reports can be made to senior officers. “If a demand is being made, let them go to the police [...]
Guyana Official Resigns After Dispute With Party
July 3, 2012 | Posted by
Former PPP Executive Member Ralph Ramkarran today declined to comment on his shock resignation from the party over the weekend. Approached while on the corridors of the High Court, the Senior Counsel and former Speaker of the National Assembly opted to divulge little information on his recent decision. Asked by members of the media if [...]
Jamaica Moves To Become A Republic
May 11, 2012 | Posted by
By the end of the Parliamentary year, Jamaicans could bid farewell to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Governor General Sir Patrick Allen said an act to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the island’s final court is among 32 new laws the Government wants to pass this year. The Governor General [...]
