November 2024

The Commonwealth Secretariat launched its Forest Carbon Market toolkit at COP29, providing a roadmap to accessing funding through the voluntary carbon market, while protecting the lives and livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and landowners. The Commonwealth is home to 810 million hectares of forests. The toolkit launch was highly anticipated, drawing a large crowd
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See below the full statement from the Caricom Secretariat: Fourteen CARICOM countries will meet India’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Narendra Modi in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, in a Summit deemed historic, as the first stand-alone Meeting between the Heads of Government of the two sides to be convened a CARICOM Member State.
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From November 11 to 21, a training workshop on fisheries statistics and data analysis is being held to enhance the capacity of fisheries professionals from Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. “This training is essential for fisheries officers and extension workers to understand advanced methods used for collecting quality data from the field—particularly from remote
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Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Tuesday announced the launch of concise study notes for Social Studies and Science subjects, specifically designed for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). “What this does is put all that heavy notes that your children usually get, exercise books upon exercise books into a concise form. “So if they
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A man, who has not yet been identified, is dead following an accident at Sheriff and Dennis Streets early Tuesday morning. Traffic Chief Senior Superintendent Mahendra Singh confirmed that one person died and that ranks are on the scene trying to ascertain what transpired. So far, it is known that one truck collided with another
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By Telesha Ramnarine Telesha@newsroom.gy Nasir Barnwell, a father of five school-aged kids, has been living in Samville for 15 years – a long-time off grid and remote community on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. Because of the lack of reliable electricity for many years, doing business has not been the easiest of livelihoods there. So, when Barnwell
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Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) hosted a live draw for its recently concluded Drive Home Promotion, where one lucky customer, Ryan Basdeo, was selected as the winner of the grand prize: a brand-new Toyota Raize SUV. The live draw took place on November 17, 2024, at the GBTI GuyExpo booth. The attendees included,
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Guyana has excelled in this year’s CXC® Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, securing top positions among candidates across the region. Guyana proudly ranked in the top ten candidates per subject for 13 subject areas. In 2024, Guyana saw a total of 259 candidates who sat the CSEC® exams earning eight Grade 1s or more.
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Prime Minister of India, the Honourable Shri Narendra Modi, is set to arrive in Guyana on Tuesday for a three-day visit, following President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s invitation. The two leaders are expected to delve into a wide array of issues, with particular emphasis on military cooperation and addressing the challenges of climate change. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan
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The executive body of the Guyana Boxing Association has remained the same following the electoral congress at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, recently. Incumbent President Steve Ninvalle and his executive committee were elected unopposed to serve for another four-year cycle following a unanimous decision by the clubs under the jurisdiction of the
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