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The Government of Guyana has expressed an interest in having visa-free travel to Canada and Canadian High Commissioner Mark Berman said that the two governments are discussing this.
Berman, at the sidelines of an event on Monday, said that High Commission raised Guyana’s interest with the Canadian government. He, however, noted that Canada’s visa policy is different from that of the United Kingdom (UK). Continue reading
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FLYER – CARICOM – CANADA POLICY FORUM 2022 – 25 May 2022 11 am
We wish to inform you that the CARICOM Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Ottawa in collaboration with the Canada-Caribbean Institute and the Latin America and Caribbean Study Group of the Canadian International Council will be hosting a Policy Forum on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, from 11:00am – 12:30pm (EST) via zoom platform under the theme “Shaping a New Partnership for Recovery and Resilience.”
The Event Flyer is attached above for ease of reference.
Please note that there is no limitation on participation in this event. Participants can register using the following link:
An artist’s impression of what the Corentyne River Bridge
A US$2 million contract was inked on Wednesday in Suriname for the feasibility study and design of the Corentyne River Bridge.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and his Surinamese counterpart Riad Nurmohamed signed the contract with WSP Caribbean Limited.
The contract will last for seven months and the project is expected to be awarded by early 2023. Continue reading
Newsroom- Guyana – February 17, 2022
Air Canada – the largest Canadian airline – has signalled keen interest to enter Guyana’s market with the executives engaging President Irfaan Ali, the Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and the Minister of Tourism, Commerce and Industry Oneidge Walrond on Wednesday.
Though the meeting was held behind closed doors, Minister Edghill shared with the News Room on Thursday that the engagement was a “continuation of talks” with the airline that could possibly see direct flights being offered to Canada from Guyana.
“We want service out of Toronto direct to Guyana so we continuing talks to see that be realised,” the Public Works Minister said during a telephone interview.
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Canada has reinstated its advisory against all non-essential international travel but WestJet is having none of it.
The travel advisory, which just lifted in October, went back into effect on Dec. 15 as COVID-19 case counts spiked. Canada’s Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos had a stern warning: “Now is not the time to travel.”
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43rd Commemoration of the Jonestown Tragedy in Guyana
– By Lear Matthews
- Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.
- None but ourselves can free our mind.
- (Robert N. Marley)
Lear Matthews
November 18th 2021 marks the 43rdcommemoration of the People’s Temple tragedy in Guyana, South America, a nation that has been in the news again recently, but this time for good reason. According to Exxon Mobile, oil discovery off the northern coast of this southern Caribbean country, was expected to top six billion barrels by 2020, making it a leading oil producing nation.
The story of the People’s Temple symbolizes (a) fallibility of persons whose path to the ‘American dream’ had been frustrated because of economic hardship, political ideology or racism (b) the rabid power of a religious zealot over those seeking spiritual and material comfort (c) a developing nation’s vulnerability to sundry influences as it struggled to stymie conditions of poverty. The government of Guyana engaged in a policy and practice of offering resources to encourage efforts at hinterland resettlement and development. Continue reading
VIEW and REGISTER: Global Enterprise Week – GEW Guyana 2021
GUYANA: Long-overdue US$106M Ogle to Eccles road to slash growing ECD traffic woes
Road construction
June 24, 2022. NEWS ROOM – Guyana
Years after it was expected to commence, construction of the Ogle to Eccles road link will now start as the government on Friday finally inked the US$106.4 million contract with an India-based company.
The new four-lane road will be built from the intersection of the Rupert Craig Highway and the Ogle airstrip road to Haags Bosch, Eccles, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).
And Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh underscored that the road’s construction was coming at perhaps the most opportune time. Continue reading →
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