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  1. Commonwealth advances momentum for climate dealRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | TheNational

    ... magnitude that is required. ... We need close to 1 per cent of global GDP, $300 billion, to address this problem,' Guyana's president, Bharrat Jagdeo, who heads the economic task force of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, or Caricom, told ...

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    Related Topix: Trinidad and Tobago, World News, Central America

  2. People are not buying the line of economic decline so the opposition has resorted to the - dossier'Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... produce this dossier? Are they unable to mobilize the masses, given their constant allegations of economic decline in Guyana? Some studies show that economic crises would generate political unrest, as popular dissatisfaction emanating from falling ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News

  3. The region has to deliver and not just discuss food securityRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Stabroek News

    ... attention being paid to rapidly developing a new Caribbean agricultural model. With the notable exception of Jamaica, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, the focus on national and regional food security that occurred after food prices reached a ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, South America, World News

  4. Too few presidentsRead the original story w/Photo

    13 hrs ago | Al Jazeera

    ... is in Brazil. The other half is divided between 8 other countries - Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. So Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, organised Thursday's one-day summit of Amazon ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Hugo Chavez

  5. New banana trade deal in the makingRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Jamaica Gleaner

    ... attention being paid to rapidly developing a new Caribbean agricultural model. With the notable exception of Jamaica, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, the focus on national and regional food security that occurred after food prices reached a ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

  6. Carrington expects big Caricom climate dentRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Express

    ... issue during the CHOGM. King arrived in Trinidad and Tobago for the CHOGM yesterday afternoon. Carrington also noted Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo has also made strong statements on the issue, 'especially in the aspect with respect to forests'. ...

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    Related Topix: Trinidad and Tobago, World News, Central America, Stephenson King

  7. Commonwealth advances momentum for climate dealRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | The Star Online

    ... the magnitude that is required. ... We need close to 1 percent of global GDP, $300 billion, to address this problem," Guyana's president, Bharrat Jagdeo, who heads the economic task force of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, or Caricom, told ...

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    Related Topix: Trinidad and Tobago, World News, Central America, Patrick Manning, World News, Queen Elizabeth, Global Warming, Kevin Rudd

  8. Vanuatu PM risks losing seatRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Newsday

    ... which ends today. Addressing a news conference last night at the International Financial Centre in Port-of-Spain, Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo said Natapei's situation was not discussed by Commonwealth leaders yesterday. 'That was not ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Bharrat Jagdeo

  9. The presidents summit with few actual presidentsRead the original story w/Photo

    18 hrs ago | Al Jazeera

    ... is in Brazil. The other half is divided between 8 other countries - Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. So Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, organised Thursday's one-day summit of Amazon ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia, Hugo Chavez

  10. Involuntary re-migrant seeks second chance in the USRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... one became a mother at age 16 and two attempted to take their lives by drinking pills. Daniels, who had never visited Guyana in the more than 30 years she lived in the US, has been fighting since her deportation to return to the country she deems ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Georgetown, Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

  11. Guyana poised to - nurture a culture of peace'

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... said yesterday at the launching of a project tackling those issues. Samuel Hinds The United Nations Association of Guyana (UNAG) in collaboration with the European Commission (EC) yesterday formally launched the Project for Peace, Human Rights, ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Samuel Hinds

  12. AFC again points out govt failures in Trinidad Express adRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... in today's edition of the Trinidad Express. The advertisement, an "updated report card on the Government of Guyana", is directed at Commonwealth Heads of Government and Delegations. According to the AFC, "the signs are there, Guyana's democracy is ...

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    Related Topix: South America, Bharrat Jagdeo

  13. How will co-operation with Venezuela put an end to the drug problem spreading across Guyana?Read the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    ... about what to do next, and it seems this is more about calling upon his friends to stand up and be counted. Suddenly Guyana was dragged into the picture. Guyana's security forces are few in number and of no consequence relative to the Venezuelans. ...

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, Aragua, Venezuela

  14. Few of the recommended strategies to combat domestic violence in all its forms have been implementedRead the original story

    Yesterday | Stabroek News

    As we mark International Day for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence against Women and Help & Shelter's 14th anniversary on November 25, 2009, the tragic reality is that Guyana is still a society in which violence is seen as an acceptable means of resolving conflict and enforcing control and discipline and that its use continues to escalate.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Bharrat Jagdeo

  15. Brazil: 'Gringos' Must Pay To Stop Amazon RazingRead the original story

    Yesterday | WMAL-AM Washington

    ... for seven Amazon nations ahead of the Dec. 7-18 Copenhagen climate summit. But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana, prompting top Silva aides and environmentalists to ...

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    Related Topix: Global Warming, South America

  16. Guyana's president to receive report on police torture of 14-year-oldRead the original story w/Photo

    Yesterday | Caribbean Net News

    Government of Guyana spokesman and the secretary to the Cabinet, Roger Luncheon, said the final report on the investigation ordered by President Bharrat Jagdeo into the alleged torture of three murder suspects, including a 14-year-old boy, at the hands of police on the West Coast of Demerara will be given to the president in a matter of days.

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    Related Topix: South America, World News, Bharrat Jagdeo

  17. Brazil: - Gringos' must pay to save AmazonRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | MSNBC

    ... for seven Amazon nations ahead of the Dec. 7-18 Copenhagen climate summit. But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana, prompting top Silva aides and environmentalists to ...

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    Related Topix: Global Warming, Bharrat Jagdeo, Nicolas Sarkozy

  18. Lula: 'Gringos' must pay to save AmazonRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | Guardian Unlimited

    ... change for seven Amazon countries before the Copenhagen climate summit. But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana, leaving top Lula aides and environmentalists to admit ...

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    Related Topix: Global Warming, South America

  19. Rich Western nations should fund forest aid, Brazil saysRead the original story

    Friday | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    ... seven Amazon nations ahead of the Dec. 7-15 Copenhagen climate summit meeting. But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana, prompting top Silva aides and environmentalists ...

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    Related Topix: South America

  20. 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razingRead the original story

    Friday | Independent Online

    ... for seven Amazon nations ahead of the Dec. 7-15 Copenhagen climate summit. But the only leaders who attended were Guyana's Bharrat Jagdeo and France's Nicolas Sarkozy, representing French Guiana, prompting top Silva aides and environmentalists to ...

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    Related Topix: Global Warming, South America