Guyana

  • July 12, 2013
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    A limiting perspective

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Between the host prime minister’s opening speech and the final communiqué of last week’s CARICOM summit, there was, as feared in many quarters, a distinct lack of comfort with regard to concrete action to reinvigorate our faltering regional integration project. Certainly, there were many fine words uttered. Most Caribbean leaders can be as eloquent as West Indies…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    Regional stakeholders meet in Barbados to discuss energy project

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders in the field of energy, as well as other partners are active in the regional energy sector will meet in Barbados on Thursday to discuss initiatives and activities identified as part of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Phase 1 Study. The C-SERMS Resource Mobilisation Forum which will be hosted…

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  • July 11, 2013
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    Bi-national conference to look at health issues in Guyana and Suriname

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A three-day bi-national conference on health for Guyana and Suriname begins here on Thursday. It is being organised by the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), EPOS Health Management and the Guyana government. Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran and his Surinamese counterpart Michel Bolkland as well…

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  • July 10, 2013
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    Global security gymnastics

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana – It is now nearly six-and-a-half years since Julian Assange and Wikileaks started releasing official government documents, revealing to the publics of the world information deemed to be classified and forbidden from exhibition, because such release might injure the security of particular states and by extension (in the eyes of their governments) the safety of citizens. Up to…

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  • July 9, 2013
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    Regional governments concerned over removal of President in Egypt

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments say they are concerned over the removal of the democratically elected president in Egypt and expressed the hope that democracy would be reinstated soon in the country. The regional governments who met in Trinidad and Tobago last week for their 34th annual summit, have also expressed concerns over the detention of President…

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  • July 9, 2013
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    CARICOM-SUMMIT-COMMUNIQUE

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The following is the full text of the communiqué issued Monday after the 34th summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders that ended in Trinidad on Saturday, July 6, 2013. “The Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 4-6…

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  • July 8, 2013
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    CARICOM: Realities and hope after Port-of-Spain Summit

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chroncile – WITH the conclusion last evening of the 34th annual Heads of Government Conference in Trinidad and Tobago, we can expect to officially learn today of new initiatives, if any, taken during the three days of meetings and activities focused on the future of CARICOM now in its 40th year of existence. Following Wednesday’s ceremonial opening, the…

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  • July 8, 2013
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    Guyana secures critical CDF funding to help bolster agricultural sector

    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…

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  • July 5, 2013
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    Lagging behind

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – Guyana’s dismal record on maternal mortality would have contributed to the near-fail the region received on this target when the 2013 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report was released on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. While Latin America and the Caribbean was referred to as one region for most of the report, the fifth goal—‘Reducing Maternal Mortality’—was…

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  • July 5, 2013
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    Guyana sending largest contingent to CARIFESTA X1

    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. He told a press conference yesterday that since…

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