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Government launches five-year literacy strategic plan
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 9, CMC – Guyana has launched a five-year literacy strategic plan that it said is aimed at ensuring that children are literate by Grade Four, through consistent home, school and community involvement programmes. Education Minister Priya Manickchand said a child’s ability to read would create opportunities for academic and vocational success and urged the population to play…
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2014 Human Development Report Launched in Guyana
“Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience” is the title of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2014 Human Development Report. As such, UNDP Guyana launched the report on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Guyana International Conference Centre in the presence of Representatives of the Government, Parliamentary Political Parties, Diplomatic Corps, United Nations Agencies, Civil Society and Media.…
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Guyana to participate in Caricom consumer protection drive
Guyana is participating in the timely move by the Caribbean Community (Caricom) as it moves towards the promotion of a rapid consumer protection alert system throughout Caricom member states. During an in-country promotion and sensitisation session on Tuesday stakeholders were informed that the move was timely and much needed throughout the Region. The Caricom Rapid Alert System on the Exchange…
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St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force Capt. Graduate from Guyana Course
Ten Officers, including one from the St .Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF), have graduated from the Guyana Defence Force Senior Command and Staff Course (SCSC) Number 13. Having successfully completed the course. St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force Capt. P. Kayode Sutton and his colleagues are now equipped to command Units and Sub-Units and perform Staff duties at senior levels of…
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CARICOM Secretariat exposes Guyanese youth to lucrative animation career
A group of young people in Guyana began foundational training in computer animation on Monday (28 July) aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage, steering young people away from crime and violence, and offering them a different career option. The training, which is underway at the Guyana International Conference Centre, is being undertaken as a partnership among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat,…
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Region’s tax administrators meeting in Guyana-to make proposals for effective tax management
Drawn from 11 territories, tax administrators are meeting in Guyana for five days to deliberate on a number of tax issues, exchange ideas and share experiences in keeping with the theme for the shaping of useful approaches to tackling problems common among administrations. At the opening of the Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administration’s (COTA) 23rd General Assembly and Technical Conference…
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Guyanese and Trinidadian nationals win CARICOM Annual 10k
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero won the women’s leg of the CARICOM 10K Road Race for the third time in a row, when the event came off in St. John’s, Antigua/Barbuda on Sunday June 29 2014. Nero made it to the finish line in just over 38 minutes to claim the winning trophy along…
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CARICOM ‘deeply concerned’ about Guyana’s situation with CFATF recommendations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging an early resolution of the issues surrounding the implementation of recommendations to address deficiencies in the anti-money laundering regime of Guyana. A statement issued by the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM after its meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday…
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CEBO hosts first Community Based Workshop in Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) is a direct result of the recommendations of the report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development which identified entrepreneurship development as a priority in countering youth unemployment. This was made clear by Programme Manager, Culture Community Development at the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr Hilary Brown…
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11th EDF Expected to Help Meet the Challenges of Caribbean Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Programming Seminar, currently underway in Georgetown, Guyana, is an engagement that the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) considers to be of critical importance to development in the Region. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARIFORUM and Regional Authorising Officer (RAO),…
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