GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and CEO of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough yesterday signed a
country assistance programme agreement that will see some US$7.32M being ploughed into Guyana’s agriculture sector.
The deal was inked in the presence of President Donald Ramotar on the fringes of the just-concluded annual Heads of Government meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - AS the days draw near to the largest single cultural event in the Region, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports, Frank Anthony, yesterday, announced that Guyana would be taking the largest delegation to the festival, and the estimated budget will be $20M.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says the relationship with the United States must be based on mutual respect, understanding and non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs.
President Donald Ramotar speaking at a reception marking the 237th anniversary of the Independence of the United States said Guyana’s policy should serve as a reminder to western nations about the way in which the country is constantly being perceived and lectured.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Barbados Advocate -
It is only in the context of a properly functioning integration movement that the Caribbean region, now more closely knit than ever, can rise about the daunting challenges it now faces.

This was the message sent by Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honourable Freundel Stuart, on the occasion of the 34th Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last night in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

GEORGETOWM, Guyana, Stabroek News - The sense of incompleteness which, from the start, had appeared to characterize Egypt’s ‘first revolution’ – including the election of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi to the presidency last year – now manifests itself in waves of civil insurrection.