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Digicel (Guyana) helps promote ICT among Guyanese girls
Digicel (Guyana) teamed up with the country's National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) headquarters to promote and observe 'Girls in ICT Day', the phone company said in a statement. 'Girls in ICT' is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is a global effort to raise awareness on empowering and encouraging girls and young women to consider…
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OAS and GECOM sign Observer Mission agreement for elections
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have signed an agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections. The agreement was compiled by the OAS. The signing took place on Wednesday when the OAS Chief of Mission, Ms. Lisa Shoman visited GECOM Secretariat and held discussions with GECOM officials. The agreement…
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Guyana rolls out EU-funded Agriculture Policy Programme-youth, women, small farmers among beneficiaries
As part of component three of the Agriculture Policy Programme (AAP), which aims to develop enterprises, through improved market linkages, the Ministry of Agriculture, in partnership with The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), hosted a cassava and small ruminant validation seminar, today. This event which was held at the Regency hotel, Hadfield Street, targeted farmers from across the country,…
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EPA Capacity-Building Project Launched
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, in collaboration with key partners, launched a €3,099,915 Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)-centered Capacity-building Project, in Georgetown, Guyana on 25 March. The Project’s specific objective is to contribute to the effective implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, with…
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Guyana/Venezuela oil exploration conflict…Guyana pleased at CARICOM support
– hopes conflict is resolved soon As conflict between Guyana and Venezuela continues over offshore oil exploration in disputed waters, Guyana has expressed satisfaction at the solidarity shown by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, told reporters yesterday that there have been no major changes in the matter. However, the Foreign Affairs Minister expressed pleasure at…
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Customs & Border control officers undergo Int’l Environmental training
Customs and Border Control officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are undergoing a three day workshop on the Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which is being conducted at the GRA’s headquarters in Georgetown, is an initiative by CARICOM, the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) along with a number of regional and local agencies. The…
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CARICOM Community issues Statement in support of Territorial Integrity of Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted with concern several assertions contained in a Communiqué from the Ministry of the Peoples Power of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela dated 3 March 2015, which has been published in newspapers of CARICOM Member States. The Caribbean Community reiterates its firm, long-standing and continued support…
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Six Caribbean countries to benefit from new energy initiative
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Six Caribbean countries will benefit from an US$500,000 energy statistical capacity-building initiative that is being spearheaded by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). Jamaica, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti and Suriname are included in the initiative that seeks to provide reliable and up-to-date data for the energy planning process as well as allow for analysis of the…
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Immigration supervisors given CSME free movement refresher
Using the now famous Shanique Myrie versus Barbados case, some 31 immigration supervisors drawn from Guyana’s immigration ports including the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Ogle Airport, Bartica and Moleson Creek, were Thursday last sensitized about their roles and responsibilities particularly with respect to facilitating the free movement ofCARICOM nationals under theCARICOM Single Market (CSM).The worksite meeting, conducted in Georgetown, formed part…
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Guyanese immigration officers sensitized on CSME, CCJ “Myrie ruling”
A team of 31 immigration supervisors drawn from Guyana’s immigration ports including Georgetown, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Ogle Airport, Bartica and Moleson Creek, were Thursday sensitized about their roles and responsibilities particularly with respect to facilitating the free movement of CARICOM nationals under the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). The worksite meeting, conducted in Georgetown, formed part of the CARICOM…
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