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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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February 28 dissolution of Guyana Parliament – President Ramotar
I therefore wish to announce that earlier today I issued the Proclamations that identify 28th February, 2015 as the date of the Dissolution of the 10th Parliament of Guyana and the Ten Regional Democratic Councils. As I have previously announced, General and Regional Elections will be held on May 11, 2015. Guyana’s President H.E. Donald Ramotar in an address to…
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Guyana remains firmly with PetroCaribe
Ever since the inception of PetroCaribe in 2005, Guyana has remained firmly committed to the oil agreement. This staunch assertion flies in the face of urgings from some analysts in the Caribbean region who opine that Venezuela would be unable to sustain the program of providing concessionary oil to countries signatory of the PetroCaribe agreement but due to its current…
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Two Caribbean countries to benefit from fisheries project
(PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC) – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries stand to benefit from a project to establish ecosystem-based shrimp and groundfish fisheries management in the Guianas-Brazil Shelf. The project is a joint investment by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The pilot project will be carried out as a collaboration…
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Lesson plans on CARICOM Single Market coming to Guyana schools
Close to fifty secondary CXC-level teachers have been trained to integrate information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) into their school’s curriculum. The two-day training, which opened on Thursday February 5, is part of the CARICOM Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP) Component 300 that seeks to widen the scope of participation by stakeholders and beneficiaries in the process of…
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Final push to launch U.N. negotiations on High Seas Treaty
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations will make its third – and perhaps final – attempt at reaching an agreement to launch negotiations for an international biodiversity treaty governing the high seas. A four-day meeting of a U.N. Ad Hoc Working Group is expected to take a decision by Friday against a September 2015 deadline to begin…
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