Topic: Bharret Jagdeo

Donald Ramotar, the candidate from Guyana's longtime ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic, has won the presidency, electoral authorities said Thursday.Ramotar, 61, had been expected to succeed outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is limited to two terms. He becomes the ...

West Indian Parade brings food delights

It's not just the colorful procession of costumes and rhythmic Caribbean music that consistently attracts millions of spectators to West Indian...

Passengers & Crew Safe Following Guyana Crash

All 157 passengers and six crew members are safe following a plane crash that split the fuselage in two on Caribbean Airlines Flight BW523 early in...

Jet from New York crashes in Guyana; no deaths

0 . A Caribbean Airlines jet from New York touched down on rainy runway, then slid through a chain-link fence and broke apart just short of a ...

Bharrat Jagdeo

Leader of the country's Unity Party, Bharat Jagdeo is the President of Guyana . He was declared one of CNN 's Heroes of the Environment in 2008 .Bharrat Jagdeo was born in a village called Unity on east coast of Guyana. He ...
planet's third world countries', the conservation of the world's natural heritage is losing out to the ever grinding of the wheels of industry and economic growth. The concerns voiced from the already established economic powers of the west is hypocritical ...
Guyana leader sues newspaper over column that portrayed him as racistGuyana's president has filed a libel lawsuit against a leading newspaper for a column that accused him of racism and of hiring people to disrupt an academic conference, serious charges in ...

Correction: Guyana-Iran story

Correction: Guyana-Iran storyIn a Jan. 27 story about an Iranian effort to map Guyana's mineral resources, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo said Iranian scientists would help identify uranium deposits. Jagdeo did not specify which minerals would ...
Guyana's president is ordering an investigation into whether hospital negligence caused the recent death of an education minister.Desrey Fox was one of three Amerindians in the president's Cabinet and an icon in native minority communities. She died Dec. 11 ...

Caribbean chafes at climate, tax havens "raw deal"

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Caribbean states feel they are getting a raw deal from former colonial power Britain and other developed countries set to introduce measures to counter climate change and crack down on offshore tax havens.Members of the 15-nation Caribbean ...