Guyana News

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A group of seven transient killer whales dropped by Vancouver's harbour on June 14, 2013, giving tourists and locals alike a rare treat.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The US Embassy's Humanitarian Assistance Program team has donated school supplies provided by the United States to students in Guyana.

For more than 1,700 Trent University graduates, this week marks the beginning of the next stage of their lives.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Barbados is the country selected for the pilot of national consultations on a five-year strategic plan for the Caribbean Community .

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The government of Guyana has granted approval for Fly Jamaica to operate the Georgetown/New York and the Georgetown/Toronto routes from Guyana.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The secretary-general of the Caribbean Community , Irwin LaRocque, has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in respect of the process to be followed by Saint Lucia to adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice as that country's final court of appeal.

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Climate change, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and natural resources management and biodiversity will be the focus of Germany's assistance to the Caribbean Community for the programming period to 2018.

By Wilberne Persaud, Financial Gleaner Columnist Describing for a friend my impressions of the Guyanese economy after a brief visit, I simply exclaimed: the economy is bubbling.

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By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now Contributor GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and his delegation, which includes Mrs Fusun Ihsanoglu, arrived in Georgetown, the capital city of Guyana, on Tuesday afternoon from Suriname and was received at the airport by Guyana's ... (more)

A study from a team of researchers at the University of Montpellier in France has discovered that rare species perform tasks that more common species can't. Using data from three different ecosystems - coral reefs, tropical forests and alpine meadows - the researchers found that these unique functions are essential for maintaining balance within ... (more)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana has been benefitting significantly as a member state of PetroCaribe, an oil alliance of many Caribbean states with Venezuela to purchase oil on conditions of preferential payment, said Prime Minister Samuel Hinds.

River and aerial searches up to late yesterday afternoon failed to turn up any sign of Clive Welcome, 18, of Bartica, Junior Bandhu, 35, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo and Shawn Robinson and William Patwa of New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Ensurge, Inc. , a U.S. mining company that has been engaged in exploring and developing gold mining opportunities in Brazil and has now expanded into Guyana, announced today that Kurt Nunes has agreed to join its subsidiary TransGlobal Gold Corp.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana is examining a proposal by Venezuela to set up a PetroCaribe Economic Zone , which was proposed at the recently concluded ministerial meeting of PetroCaribe and the summit of heads.