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CARICOM Secretariat hosts training workshop for new environmental negotiators
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will conduct a Training Workshop for new environmental negotiators in Georgetown, Guyana from November 10-12.
The training will equip regional environmental negotiators who have just entered the field to conduct climate change negotiations.
The training is designed to boost the environmental negotiating capacities of CARICOM Member States as well as to outfit the region with a group of negotiators to articulate effectively the region’s positions on a range of environmental issues in international fora.
Senior citizen in critical condition after hit by speeding car
A 60-year-old woman from Mocha Village on the East Bank of Demerara is now listed as critical after a car hit her while she was crossing a pedestrian crossing this morning on Camp Street, Georgetown.
‘Mas’ men welcome new “free band”
We will survive. This was the statement from Dane Lewis, the chairman of the Island People mas band, in response to government’s plan to have a "free" mas band next year. Winston Peters the Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism yesterday announced that any with a costume could play mas free of charge next year in a "people’s band". Lewis has lauded the government’s initiative saying such a concept has already proved successful in other islands. Lewis said he didn’t envisage the people’s band affecting the private bands as it catered to a different market.
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Glamour magazine names Persad-Bissessar among top five females in the world
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dedicated her Glamour magazine award to all the women who nurtured her to become who she is. Persad-Bissessar has been named as one of the top five females for 2010 by the internationally recognized magazine. She received her award at Carnegie Hall in New York yesterday. "I want you to know that it’s okay to dream big dreams. The world is your oyster," she said in her acceptance speech last night.
Tourist on a day trip along the East Coast of Demerara.
A cool breeze was blowing off the ocean and the inhabitants of the house were rustling about getting themselves ready for the day’s escapade. The group of tourist included Canadians from Cape Briton, Brampton and Edmonton. They were joined by Caribbean adventurers in Trinidad on the way into Guyana
Asian auto manufacturers racing ahead…..
In 2008 the manufacturers built just over 16 million vehicles but sold less than 14 million. This deficit in sales caused a lot of changes in the auto industry and we will be feeling this pinch for a while yet.
RIDICULOUS RICHES, RIGID RULES AND RISKY ROLES
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