Guyana
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Sino-Caribbean relations: Priorities and tradeoffs
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The visit to the Caribbean earlier this month by Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and the simultaneous announcement that the region would be the beneficiary of yet another huge tranche of financial aid from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) lends a predictable continuity to Beijing’s pursuit of the use of economic diplomacy as a tool with which…
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CARICOM worried about OAS budget cuts
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have told the Organisation of America States (OAS) that budget cuts are threatening the provision of scholarships and the activities of OAS national offices in the Caribbean. A Caricom Secretariat statement issued here last Friday said that Caricom foreign ministers, who attended the 43rd General Assembly of the OAS that ended in…
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Latin America’s Pacific Alliance
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Even as Chinese President Xi Jinpeng was making his way around the region to promote more trade and cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean, visiting Trinidad and Tobago (where he also held bilateral talks with those Caricom countries with which Beijing enjoys diplomatic relations), Costa Rica and Mexico, there was a buzz coming from…
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Stalemate over appointment of Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The appointment of the Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary seems to have hit a dead-end, as President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger differ on who should fill the posts. During talks last month, Ramotar suggested that Chief Justice Ian Chang and Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh be appointed to the substantive…
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Government seeking assistance from Argentina regarding claim of Iranian terrorist cell
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Wednesday said it will ask Argentina for information regarding claims that Iran has been setting up terrorist cells in several Caribbean and South American countries including Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Government spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon told a news conference that The Donald Ramotar administration was very much interested in the information…
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Government hints that Local Government elections will not be held this year
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has hinted that the long awaited Local Government elections may not take place this year and is blaming the opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for deliberately delaying the process. The state-owned Chronicle newspaper Tuesday quoted Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud as saying that the work of the committee tasked with…
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Guyana signs Global Arms Trade Treaty
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Monday signed the United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty. The treaty calls on states to explicitly consider the risk that an arms transfer could facilitate serious acts of violence against women and children before allowing it to proceed, said Susan Bissell, UNICEF’s Chief of Child Protection. “This is critical given that weapons are now one…
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IICA to provide assistance to Guyana
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says it will support Guyana in developing its trade in agricultural products. IICA Director General, Víctor M. Villalobos met with Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Leslie Ramsammy, who outlined the country’s priorities that included the development of an agrofuels unit, the establishment of programmes to combat and mitigate…
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Regional leaders urged to back loan for LIAT
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are being urged to support a loan application by the regional airline, LIAT, for funds to undertake a re-fleeting exercise so as to sustain its operations and improve services. A CARICOM Secretariat statement said that regional transport ministers who met in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week, have agreed to put…
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CARICOM SG welcomes ruling on CCJ in St. Lucia
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal that St. Lucia does not require to stage a referendum before it joins the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). LaRocque said that in confirming the procedure to be followed by St. Lucia to have the CCJ…
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