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Guyana gets greenlight to award Caribbean Vocational Qualifications
Guyana has been given the green light to award the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications or CVQs, as they are commonly called, in Technical Vocation Education Training (TVET). Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical,) Ministry of Education, Patrick Chinedu Onwuzirike, in a recent interview, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the country received the go-ahead from the Caribbean Association of National Training…
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Guyana can be justly proud of achievement, progress – CARICOM SG
As Guyana prepares to celebrate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Independence on Thursday 26 May, 2016, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said that the country could be “justly proud of its achievements and progress over the five decades of Independence.” In a congratulatory message to President of Guyana, His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, the Secretary-General pointed…
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CDB launches US$30.9M sea, river defence project in Guyana
In Guyana, over 90% of the country’s population lives along the coastal area, much of which lies below sea level. As such, the country faces significant risk of flooding, and the construction and rehabilitation of drainage, irrigation and sea defense systems is a priority for the Government. On Wednesday April 13, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of…
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CARIFORUM meeting to address serious concerns of Guyana, the region- Foreign Affairs Minister
Georgetown, GINA, March 16, 2016 Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge indicated that the 23rd Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM meeting will discuss a number of items that are of special interest to Guyana. The meeting opens on Thursday, March 17 at the Marriott Hotel, Georgetown. While Guyana is hosting the meeting, it would be Chaired by the Republic of Haiti.…
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Customs Officers get training – under CARIFORUM–EU agreement
Several local customs officers, as well as stakeholders in the public and private sector benefitted from a customs and trade facilitation capacity workshop, conducted today at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA.) The workshop, held in the agency’s Training Room, at Camp Street, forms part of a slew of capacity building initiatives being implemented across the region, under the Caribbean Forum…
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Guyana to get regional help to meet global civil aviation standards
Guyana is among several Caribbean countries expected to receive assistance from the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) to help reach a year-end deadline set by the global aviation watchdog agency to meet certain conditions. Speaking with Demerara Waves Online News following the opening of the 17th CASSOS Board meeting at the Marriot Hotel, CASSOS Chairman Nari-Williams Singh…
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Guyana to clear arrears to CARICOM Competition Commission
Guyana will be spending $60M from the 2016 National Budget to clear a part of arrears owing and accrued over the past five years to the CARICOM Competition Commission. This was revealed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge during a review of the estimates for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Committee of Supply, the Government Information Agency (GINA)…
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President Granger meets CARDI officials
President David Granger, in his capacity asCARICOM‘s Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Agriculture, on Thursday, met officials from the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) to discuss his vision for Caribbean agriculture. CARDI’s Executive Director, Mr. Barton Clarke, Technical Services Manager, Mr. Francis Asiedu and Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Noel Holder, attended the meeting which was held at…
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Sustainable environmental practices must characterise Region’s energy sectors – Guyana’s Natural Resources Minister
Georgetown, Guyana – (January 19, 2016) Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, has challenged the Caribbean community to employ and promote sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in their energy sectors, even as they pursue development for their countries, in his address at the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference currently being held in Port of Spain. The Conference, which began…
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