{"id":28081,"date":"2026-01-23T07:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=28081"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:02:10","slug":"guyana-japan-ink-g7-2-billion-loan-deal-to-upgrade-diamond-water-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-japan-ink-g7-2-billion-loan-deal-to-upgrade-diamond-water-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana &amp; Japan ink G$7.2 billion loan deal to upgrade Diamond water infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana and Japan have signed a G$7.2 billion concessional loan agreement aimed at upgrading water treatment infrastructure at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, under the Guyana Climate Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Project.<br><br>The initiative is co-financed with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and is designed to strengthen climate-resilient water services for communities in Region Four, the country\u2019s most populated region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the signing, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, said the project aligns with the Government\u2019s people-centered development vision, underscoring the role of reliable, safe water in sustaining public health and improving quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese Ambassador to Guyana, Akima Umezawa, described the agreement as a historic milestone, emphasizing that access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human need and a critical long-term investment in national development and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement further reinforces the decades-long partnership between Guyana and Japan, highlighting their shared commitment to sustainable development and climate-resilient infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana and Japan have signed a G$7.2 billion concessional loan agreement aimed at upgrading water treatment infrastructure at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, under the Guyana Climate Resilient Water and Sanitation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[360,471,350],"tags":[488,565,370,516,567,412,405,566],"class_list":["post-28081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-infrastructural-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-climate-resilience","tag-guyana","tag-idb","tag-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-water"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28083,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28081\/revisions\/28083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}