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February 24, 2015
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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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February 11, 2015
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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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February 10, 2015
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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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January 23, 2015
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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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January 16, 2015
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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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January 15, 2015
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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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January 9, 2015
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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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November 27, 2014
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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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November 26, 2014
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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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November 13, 2014
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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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