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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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CARICOM and Cuba look to active role in post 2015 Agenda talks at the UN
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean should take an active role at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate on the post 2015 Agenda. This was the view expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana the Honourable Caroline Rodrigues-Birkett as she addressed the Opening Ceremony in Grenada of the Fourth Meeting of Foreign Ministers of…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA AND CHAIR OF THE BUREAU OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, HONOURABLE CAROLYN RODRIGUES-BIRKETT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM AND CUBA, 5 SEPTEMBER 2013, GRENADA
I wish to thank the Government and People of Grenada for their warm hospitality and join my colleagues in echoing appreciation for being in Grenada today among great company. As we gather on the eve of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, there are several events that are occurring at the national, regional, hemispheric, and global levels…
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community At The Opening Ceremony Of the FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM AND CUBA CALIVIGNY ISLAND, GRENADA
Allow me to begin by expressing my appreciation for the warm Spice Island welcome that has been extended to all delegations since our arrival in Grenada for the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM and Cuba. It has undoubtedly set a pleasant tone for a fruitful discussion between friends. The timing of today’s Meeting could not have…
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CARICOM and Cuba Foreign Ministers get together in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will hold discussions on advancing cooperation on developmental issues between the two sides on Friday 6 September in Grenada. A special retreat of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), preceded Friday’s meeting. CARICOM-Cuba Cooperation, which dates back to 1972, has seen…
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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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