Month: February 2018

Guyana’s Opposition Leader, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, is currently attending the first ‘World Sustainable Development Forum’ being held in Mexico City under the theme ‘Implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs’. The three-day forum, which kicked off on Thursday, features several keynote addresses, high level panel discussions and parallel sessions focused on specific themes and issues. Jagdeo is among several panelists, including: Jean Charest, Former Premier of Quebec, and former Minister of Environment, Canada; Lord Deben, John Gummer, Chairman of the UK’s independent Committee on Climate Change, UK; Felix Finkbeiner, Chair…

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The 11 victims of the Lusignan massacre which occurred 10 years ago were on Friday remembered at an inter-faith service coordinated by the Indian Action Committee (IAC). The Tenth Anniversary Memorial Service saw attendance of members of the Lusignan community, Government officials, Opposition members and families of the victims. Commemorated with hymns, bajans and recitals from the Quran, the gathering was sombre. In the feature address, Former Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission, Bishop Juan Edghill, spoke on the strength of the Lusignan community, considering the irreconcilable damage that has…

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