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In an effort to tackle child abuse and violence in schools, the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), in partnership with the Guyana Red Cross Society, will be training special needs teachers on its “Be Safe” initiative. More than 15 of these teachers will be trained, over the next six weeks, on child abuse prevention strategies. Coordinator of the Be Safe programme, Shanntel Maloney, told Guyana Times International on June 29 that the training has attracted teachers and caregivers from various special schools in Georgetown and other parts of…

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned Caricom leaders about the growing threat to their economies and stability posed by organised crime and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, as the heads of states opened their annual summit in St Kitts and Nevis on June 29. “We must consider this challenge in a regional context as well as through the prisms of development, human rights, rule of law, and security reform. The United Nations’ System stands ready to work with you on these issues,” Ban Ki- moon…

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The Education Ministry has inaugurated student councils in 13 schools. This is in keeping with a broader objective to give students a greater voice on matters that affect them. The councils will also enable students to play a more active role in the decision making processes of their schools. It is expected that the pilot will be extended to all schools. The inauguration was held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) under the theme “Empowering student leaders as partner of change”. It was attended by Guyana Teachers’…

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BY JANELLE PERSAUD Former Guyanese Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Rudy Insanally believes that the Caribbean Community (Caricom) needs to establish an institution that would monitor the implementation of decisions made by heads of government. This comment came as heads concluded another conference, outlining new decisions even as many old ones remain unimplemented. Dr Insanally referred to this situation as “implementing deficit”, and he noted that it has been responsible for the “diminishing confidence” in Caricom by the people of the region. “We have been somewhat lax,” he lamented, while suggesting…

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Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders entered their third full working day on July 3, aware of the need to implement new strategies that would make the integration movement more relevant and results- oriented. Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo told reporters that he was, so far, pleased with the discussions, which included the situation in Haiti, the ongoing efforts to restructure the Guyana-based Caricom Secretariat, and the need to “focus more on results rather than processes. “For too long, we have held up those lofty ideals of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (which…

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By Michael Itwaru A meeting between concerned parents and Public Works and Communications Minister Robeson Benn on the controversial speedboat service between Rosignol and New Amsterdam ended in disarray on Wednesday at the Rosignol Ferry Stelling. Prior to the sour end to the engagement, Benn, seeking to allay the fears of residents over the safety of the speedboat said he was putting his political career on line on the issue. Parents and children had protested the withdrawal of a pontoon service in favour of the speedboat last week. However, Benn…

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