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Guyana condemns attack terrorist attack in Kenya
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has condemned the terrorist attack on Narobi's Westgate Shopping Mall over the last weekend that left more than 60 people dead including a Trinidad and Tobago national. “The Government of Guyana unequivocally condemns this atrocious terrorist act and will continue to support the initiatives of the international community to combat terrorism in all its forms…
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EU use of per capita income in determining eligibility for aid is misguided-LaRocque
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – SECRETARY General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Mr. Irwin LaRocque feels that new European Union (EU) external aid policies of using per capita income to determine ACP countries eligibility for development assistance is misguided. Even as he expressed CARIFORUM”s deep appreciation for the support of the…
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Statement by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of Caribbean Wellness Day, 14 September 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Six years after the historic signing by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of the 2007 Port-of-Spain Declaration ‘Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs’, the people of the Region are once again invited to join the Wellness Revolution as we observe Caribbean Wellness Day 2013. The Declaration is the outcome of…
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Kenya votes to quit global court, days before deputy president’s trial
AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s parliament voted yesterday to quit the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, but the Hague-based tribunal said it would press ahead anyway with the trials of the country’s president and his deputy. Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are accused of orchestrating violence after elections in 2007. About 1,200 people were killed in ethnic blood-letting that plunged…
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GUYANA-POLITICS-High level security sector delegation to meet in Suriname
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana and Suriname will begin high level security talks on Friday. The two-day meeting is being is being held under the Presidential Engagement Initiative, the brainchild of former Guyana president Bharrat Jagdeo and Surinamese Head of State, Desi Bouterse. The last meeting of this nature was held in 2011. The Guyana delegation, which includes the Guyana…
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GUYANA-EDUCATION- Students to be relocated following fire at school
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Students from the L’Aventure Secondary School in West Bank Demerara are being relocated following a fire on Wednesday morning. At least 700 students have been displaced as a result of the blaze that destroyed the Administrative and Home Economics as well as the auditorium.
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PANCAP APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Dereck Anthony Springer has been appointed Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). Mr. Springer, a public health practitioner, behavioural scientist and strategic manager brings to the position 20 years of experience in the health sector, focusing on HIV and mental health. His extensive experience in policy, management and…
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Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republi-cans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. Speaking after the United Nations said two million Syrians had fled a conflict that posed the greatest threat to…
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U.S. pleased with Guyana’s implementation level of security advice – Embassy officialU.S. pleased wi
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – CHARGE d'Affaires of the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Georgetown, Mr. Bryan Hunt has said Guyana has one of the better security regimes of the countries within CARICOM. He offered the opinion to reporters last Friday following a certification of several persons from the sector who underwent training. Hunt said the U.S. is very pleased with…
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GUYANA-FINANCE-Guyana says it can be blacklisted for failure to implement CFATF recommendations
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says the country faces the possibility of being declared a “non-compliant jurisdiction” after it was forced to submit a report to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) without legislative support from the opposition. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said that the report, submitted on August 26, will be…
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