Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Guyana’s Ambassador to the European Union, Dr. Patrick Gomes, has told a conference in Brussels that Guyana faces “great risk” because of global climate change and hence the country is looking for financing to fund adaptation measures at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Speaking at the “Adapting to climate change” conference in Brussels, Dr. [...]
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Guyana under-15 Captain Shaquille Williams continued his recent good all-round form by helping home team Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) to a 4-wicket win against Vikings in their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) 2nd division 20/20 cricket match yesterday. The 16-year-old Williams took 4-13 from 4 overs of off-spin and got support from medium pacer Neil Barry Junior (2-18) [...]
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Floyd Carmichael traveled all the way from the Ancient County to stake a claim for the Eid ul Adha trophy when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged that tournament in the pavilion of the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground yesterday morning. At the end of six hectic rounds, he managed to clinch the premium prize [...]
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday
– Chief Nursing Officer By Sharmain Cornette More than 530,000 women die annually because of pregnancy-related complications, a reality that was highlighted Wednesday during a midwives’ conference held at the Regency Suites/Hotel, Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The conference which is the first for Guyana was held by the Nurses Association, the Midwives Sub-Association in collaboration with...
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | yesterday
– as ambitious EC-funded project launched Peace, human rights, reconciliation, democracy and development do not come easily or readily nor do they happen naturally Prime Minister ...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a radical cost-cutting manoeuvre, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have opted to play five of the seven rounds of next year’s yet-to-be-sponsored regional first class four-day tournament in a single territory. The other two rounds will be played in a combination of islands.
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
It won't be long now before the public gets to hear the findings of the inquiry into the allegations that police in Guyana set the genitals of a teenage murder suspect on fire.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this Press Release.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
MANAUS, Brazil — Brazil's president said that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rain forest. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made the comments Thursday just before an Amazon summit in which...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The Amazon basin and France Summit on climate change started on Thursday in Manaus with the presence of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Guyana leader Jean-Pierre Laflaquire and Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who has proposed the meeting. Representatives of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia also attend the summit. The Brazilian Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim said that...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
A summit on climate change held by countries straddling the Amazon basin and France ended Thursday in Brazil's northwestern city of Manaus, with participants urging developed nations to implement their commitments to environmental protection. In a declaration released after the summit, representatives from Brazil, France, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Guyana called on all developed...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Speaking ahead of Amazon summit, Lula calls on industrialised countries to provide financial help to halt deforestation Brazil's president said today that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich western countries have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical rainforest....
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
– as company fires some workers By Cathy Richards Negotiations between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and management of the Bauxite Company of ...
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
There is a need to review the relevant law to allow for persons (users) found with small quantities of marijuana (a joint or ‘spliff’) to be sent for rehabilitation instead of prison. This is one of the recommendations coming out of the National Crime Prevention Conference which concluded on Wednesday at the Guyana International Conference Centre [...]
Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Republic Bank (Guyana) has recorded an after-tax profit of $1.8B for the financial year, $262 million over last year’s figure. According to the Bank’s recently released ...
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