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 the effects of climate change, and compliance with international trade standards.

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).

(CARICOM News Network) Guyana’s Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has stressed the importance of the Caribbean Development Bank reversing recent downgrades to its credit rating, as he assumes the chair of the Board of Governors of the Bank over the next year. Addressing the closing ceremony of the Bank’s 43rd annual meetings just concluded in St. Lucia, the Minister said “the Bank must ensure a restoration of its credit rating and continue to guard jealously its credibility amongst the lending and rating community.

(Barbados Nation) BARBADOS AND GUYANA need to solve the immigration issues that have soured their relations from time to time, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Maxine McClean. She made her comment while addressing a reception marking Guyana’s 47th anniversary of independence on Friday night. Noting that the two countries had been able to generally solve a range of issue as they arose, McClean however said a special area of work needed to be undertaken by the Barbados-Guyana Joint Commission.