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Canada pledges support for transparent elections in Guyana ahead of 2025 polls
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 26, 2025
Canada has reaffirmed its support for inclusive, transparent, and accessible elections in Guyana, ahead of the country’s General and Regional Elections scheduled for September 1, 2025. The commitment was outlined by Canada’s High Commissioner to...
Guyana, CARICOM Development Fund ink US$18 million agreement
News Room
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June 19, 2025
See below the full statement issued by the Ministry of Finance: The Government of Guyana and the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Development Fund (CDF) yesterday signed a US$18 million financing agreement, to kickstart the Agricultural and...
Crude supply from Guyana integral to Petrotrin refinery restart -says T&T Minister
Guyana Chronicle
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June 25, 2025
TRINIDAD and Tobago plans to refine oil from Guyana when the state-owned Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin) refinery restarts operations, Energy Minister, Dr. Roodal Moonilal, told Parliament on Monday, as part of a broader push...
Delaware firm seeks to pilot NovoCrete technology in Guyana
Stabroek News
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June 25, 2025
-promises cheaper, longer-lasting roads, embankments Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh Ashar LLC, a Delaware-based company in the United States, is looking to introduce NovoCrete—an award-winning Swiss-German infrastructure technology designed to deliver more...
PAHO, stakeholders work on new Caribbean Action Plan on health, climate change
The Gleaner
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June 26, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, (PAHO/WHO): From June 17-19 representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan on Health and...
Canada to deepen commercial and development ties with Guyana
News Room
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June 25, 2025
Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Sébastien Sigouin, said on Tuesday that his tenure will see strengthened Canadian support for Guyana’s commercial growth and social development, with increased collaboration expected across key sectors....
Guyana gears up for CARIFESTA XV, but selection process remains a ‘mystery’
Stabroek News
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June 17, 2025
With CARIFESTA XV billed for Barbados during August 22-31, President Irfaan Ali has literally drummed up support for the event in a recent Facebook post, disclosing that Guyana’s delegation is preparing to take “the unique flavours of our six...
Sugar workers won’t forget
Guyana Chronicle
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July 10, 2025
THE recent statements by the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, regarding the future of GUYSUCO under a potential APNU-led administration, are not just hollow, they are an insult to the intelligence and memory of every sugar worker and their...
PAHO Collaborates with Stakeholders to Develop New Caribbean Action Plan on Health and Climate Change
Pan American Health Organization
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June 24, 2025
Bridgetown, Barbados, 25 June 2025 (PAHO/WHO) – From 17-19 June, representatives from the Ministries of Health and Environment, CARICOM and its agencies and other key stakeholders met in Barbados to discuss the proposed new Caribbean Action Plan...
Canada to help monitor elections in Guyana
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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June 25, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Canada says it will join with other international countries and organisations in monitoring Guyana’s regional and general elections, scheduled for September 1 this year. “Canada will work with the Guyana Council of...
Region Three poised to be industrial capital of Guyana
Guyana Chronicle
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June 24, 2025
—President Ali says, points to increased opportunities for citizens, more financing options FUELLED by investments in infrastructure, agriculture, and energy security, Region Three (Essequibo Islands–West Demerara) is on track to become the...
UN urges renewed political and climate action in Libya amid humanitarian and governance crises
Africanews
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June 25, 2025
The United Nations has renewed calls for coordinated international efforts to support Libya’s political transition and address mounting humanitarian and climate-related challenges. Speaking at a high-level meeting on Libya, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh,...
Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast…Montra Jaguars, Cotton Tree, Mahaica Hawks among 16 teams for Berbice zone
Guyana Chronicle
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June 24, 2025
THE Berbice zone of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast is set to ignite with 16 teams vying for supremacy on June 28th and 29th, 2025. Finalists from the 2024 edition, Montra Jaguars, will be looking to go one step further this year, but will...
Climate change is a present day reality affecting the quality of Guyana’s tourism experience
Stabroek News
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June 16, 2025
Dear Editor, As a tourism writer, I have observed growing concerns among hotel and major restaurant owners in the city of Georgetown regarding rising operational costs, professional staffing challenges, and—more recently—the increasing impact of...
PM highlights Guyana’s tourism growth, strategic vision at THAG awards
I News Guyana
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June 23, 2025
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips outlined the substantial progress the Guyana’s tourism industry has made over the last five years and reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to building a world-class, sustainable tourism product....
Inspired by Shane Warne, Salonee Dangore sets sights on dream WCPL journey
India Today
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July 11, 2025
Back in 2023, Shreyanka Patil secured a deal in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) after being picked by the Guyana Amazon Warriors. Before that, the Bengaluru cricketer had already made a name for herself in the Women’s Premier League...
Lucky fan to ride away with motorcycle at Kares One Guyana T10 final
News Room
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June 24, 2025
One lucky spectator attending the grand finale of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast is set to win a brand new motorcycle, courtesy of Banks DIH, through their GT Beer brand. The final is scheduled for Sunday, August 3, at the National...
Guyana recognizes that education is a powerful tool for poverty reduction
Stabroek News
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June 15, 2025
Dear Editor, The OGGN (Oil and Gas Governance Network) said the claim that moderate poverty rate between 2019 and 2024 has been reduced by one half does not find support from the United Nations’ SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) on Guyana (SN:...
Guyana U-19 girls team for regional tourney in T&T to be named today
Guyana Chronicle
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June 15, 2025
..Assistant Coach Clive Grimmond says batting is the strength BADLY hampered by the adverse weather and with time running out for the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to submit their U-19 Female squad to Cricket West Indies (CWI) this week, the national...
PM Phillips highlights Guyana’s tourism growth, strategic vision at THAG 2025 awards
Guyana Chronicle
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June 23, 2025
PRIME Minister Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips has outlined the substantial progress Guyana’s tourism industry has made over the last five years, and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to building a world-class, sustainable...