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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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Community Council gets update on developments related to prorogation of Guyana’s Parliament
The Community Council received an update from the Foreign Minister of Guyana regarding developments in relation to the prorogation of the Parliament of Guyana. Ministers recalled that the Government of Guyana had formally advised the Caribbean Community regarding the prorogation and the reason for this course of action. In her update, the Foreign Minister advised of the imminent announcement of…
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CDEMA Head meets President Ramotar
Guyana’s role in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) was the topic of discussion when President Donald Ramotar and Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon met with the agency’s Executive Director, Ronald Jackson at the Presidential Complex on Wednesday. In an invited comment to the Government Information Agency (GINA) of Guyana , Jackson said it was his…
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Lessons from Guyana and Norway
Caribbean news. Forests are crucially important to climate change. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), “they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global carbon emissions projected for the first half of this century into their biomass, soils and products and store them – in principle in perpetuity”. By the same token, the FAO points out that where…
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Responding to climate change from the grassroots up
GUNTHORPES, Antigua, Nov 7 2014 (IPS) – As concern mounts over food security, two community groups are on a drive to mobilise average people across Antigua and Barbuda to mitigate and adapt in the wake of global climate change, which is affecting local weather patterns and by extension, agricultural production. “I want at least 10,000 people in Antigua and Barbuda…
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Guyana among other CARICOM countries to cut back reliance on PetroCaribe
At least four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries are taking steps to reduce their reliance on Venezuela’s PetroCaribe oil subsidy as crude prices plunge, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The four countries are Guyana, Haiti, Belize and Jamaica and it’s a move other countries should follow, said David Voght, managing director of energy consultancy IPD Latin America. The…
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The Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded a two-
The Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded a two-day meeting on 7 November 2014. Key agenda items were strengthening the operation and effectiveness of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the free movement and the facilitation of travel; engagement with the private sector; external economic and trade relations; and the strategic direction…
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Guyana to host 39th Meeting of Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians today
GUYANA will be hosting the 39th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) and the 24th Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC) meeting which opens today at the Princess International Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD). This is the first time Guyana is hosting the regional meetings. The meetings have been held in St. Kitts and Nevis (2013), Grenada…
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Address By His Excellency Mr. Donald R. Ramotar President Of The Republic Of Guyana General Debate Sixty- Ninth Session Of The United Nations General Assembly
Mr. President: Mr. Secretary General Ladies and Gentlemen I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of this year's General Assembly. I must also commend your predecessor, Ambassador John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, and his team, for so effectively setting the stage for what will now follow under your distinguished tenure, as it relates…
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Guyana reports record export of rice
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 26, CMC – Guyana says it will export an estimated 400,000 tonnes of rice by the end of October, the highest ever in the country’s history. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said after many troubling years, Guyana now has the potential to o again emerge as the bread basket of the Caribbean and that while efforts are…
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