News Guyana Imports: Caribbean Market Must Be High-Value Specialized, Says President Ali
President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has expressed the firm stance that the Caribbean market must be positioned as a high-value specialised one, leveraging its scale, strategic location, and competitive ...
News Guyana Imports: House lawmakers focus on 'outcompeting China' in bipartisan visit to Guyana
EXCLUSIVE: Members of Congress met with officials in Guyana on Friday to bolster U.S. relations with the South American country while also keeping China's encroaching influence at bay. House Ways ...
News Guyana Imports: World Court says it can rule on Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled they had jurisdiction over a long-running border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela, which could determine which country has rights to territory rich in oil and gas.
News Guyana Imports: UN agrees to hear century-old Venezuela-Guyana border dispute case
The United Nations' highest court ruled Thursday that it can hear a case between South American neighbors Guyana and Venezuela about a border dispute that dates back to 1899. The decision to ...
News Guyana Imports: South American Ramadan in tropical Guyana
In South America, the Caribbean nation of Guyana is home to a small but thriving Muslim population, and Ramadan is as important to the faithful there as anywhere in the Islamic world. African ...
News Guyana Imports: Guyana now able to inspect and issue helideck licences
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it is now able to inspect and issue helideck licences, further equipping the Caribbean Community (Caricom) with the necessary skills to significantly develop its ...
News Guyana Imports: Everything You Need To Know About The Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute
The Guyana-Venezuela border dispute has been ongoing for over a century. The discovery of major oil reserves in offshore Guyana has made the conflict more complex and volatile. Despite attempts by ...
News Guyana Imports: Shorter section Utica Ave to be co-named ‘Guyana Ave’ after CB18 rejects proposal
Advocates seeking to co-name a portion of Utica Avenue to “Guyana Avenue” are settling for a shorter-than-proposed stretch of road, after members of Community Board 18 rejected their proposal at this ...
News Guyana Imports: Guyana country profile
Sandwiched between Venezuela and Suriname, the former British colony of Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. Since independence from the UK in 1966, Guyana has seen fierce ...
News Guyana Imports: Council adopts agreement with Guyana to tackle illegal logging
The Council has adopted a voluntary partnership agreement to improve forest governance and help combat illegal logging in Guyana.
News Guyana Imports: Shell, Chevron and Petrobras weigh Guyana oil auction bids -sources
By Sabrina Valle and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) - Guyana's coming auction of offshore oil exploration blocks has lured at least 10 companies including Shell, Petrobras and Chevron, to consider the decade's hottest oil region, people close to the matter said. The South American country is offering 14 offshore blocks in an attempt to speed economic development and reduce an Exxon Mobil-led
News Guyana Imports: Guyana sees natural gas as the next frontier after oil
By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Guyana, the South American country home to the world's largest oil discoveries in a decade, next wants to develop its mostly untapped natural gas reserves, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Sunday. The nation of 800,000 people aims to diversify its oil sector and secure new sources of revenue before the energy transition reduces demand for
News Guyana Imports: CARICOM heads laud Guyana President’s drive to lower regional food costs
President Irfaan Ali has received commendations from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads for his aggressive approach towards reducing the regional food import bill and creating opportunities to spur ...
News Guyana Imports: Export earnings could top US$7B this year
EARNINGS from the exportation of locally produced commodities could reach US$7 billion this year, as Guyana looks to further overcome the pervasive challenges ...
News Guyana Imports: Regional commitment is vital to achieve 25 percent reduction in food imports by 2025, says president Ali
His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali stressed the importance of across-the-board commitments by CARICOM Member States in achieving the target of reducing food importation by 25 percent by the year 2025.
News Guyana Imports: Large quantity of rice imported from India last year to fulfil export commitments
“In fact, last year when the interesting thing happened, if you see the Indian exports to Guyana, rice became a big export. What happened was there was some Guyanese businessman who needed to get rice ...
