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The case for CARICOM to adopt climate-smart agriculture to deal with the challenges posed by climate change is being hammered home by leading agriculture officials in the region. The latest occasion was Sunday evening’s launch of the Technical Workshops at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) in Georgetown, which also saw the launch of a booklet addressing the climate issue. ...

The 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture will today, among other sessions, focus on the “Coconut Industry Development for the Caribbean- Towards a Shared Vision and Road Map”. You can listen to a live audio/radio webcast on www.demwaves.com or www.caribnewsdesk.com Welcome Remarks Dr. Arlington Chesney, CARDI Trinidad Remarks- Ambassador Robert Kopecky, Head of Delegation of the European Union Setting the Scene- ...

President Donald Ramotar on Saturday defended decisions he made in the past, and will likely make in the future to withhold signing into law opposition piloted legislation that he deems unconstitutional and counter-productive to democracy. The Head of State was at the time speaking to a gathering of Berbicians at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus during the first of ...

The Deputy Head teacher of Grove Primary School collapsed and died Friday morning during a march for World Teachers Day being observed Saturday. Dead is 50-year old Carletta Blair. Demerara Waves Online News was told that around 10 AM Friday teachers from schools along the East Bank Demerara assembled on the public road at Grove in the vicinity of A ...

THE GULF TODAY.-Dubai: Airport security officers intercepted two drug mules carrying 5.361kg of cocaine worth around Dhs8 million, reported the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics department earlier this week. In the first operation, the police intercepted a Tanzanian man, SK, who had arrived from Sao Paulo in Brazil. He was arrested at Dubai International Airport following a tipoff that he was carrying ...

Guyana and Barbados are set to begin negotiations to jointly grant licences for fishing in area where their two waters overlap, their Foreign Ministers said Friday. “There is a part of our boundary that overlaps with Barbados and within that area we would be working jointly so an agreement will be worked on for us to have a joint licencing ...

Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has lamented the Caribbean’s almost non-existent investment in agriculture research saying it is a critical pillar in the thrust to meet key developmental goals. His call came at the opening of a two-day media workshop on Friday which marked the start of activities for the Caribbean Week of Agriculture in Georgetown. Dr. Ramsammy ...

[CWA 2013, Georgetown, Guyana, 4 October 2013] –The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) has recommitted to agricultural and rural development for food and nutrition security and to increase prosperity in the Caribbean. Addressing media practitioners at the opening of a Workshop on Inclusive Evidence-Based Coverage of Agriculture and Rural Development, at the 12th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, ...

Guyana and Barbados on Friday agreed to craft a protocol to handle immigration concerns, even as the two countries pointed out that fewer Guyanese are being barred from entering that Caribbean island. The announcement was made by Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Barbados counterpart Maxine Mc Lean at the close of the 2nd session of the Joint Commission. ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Friday ruled in favour of Jamaican Shanique Myrie in her case against the Barbadian government and awarded her damages to the tune of BDS$75,000. A release from the court said it found that Myrie had been wrongfully denied entry into Barbados, subjected to a humiliating cavity search and unlawfully detained overnight in a ...