GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s National Assembly voted to pass the 2015 Budget early Friday, but not before there was a reduction of almost GUY$34 billion (One Guyana dollar =US$0.008 cents). Finance Minister Winston Jordan moved the Appropriations Act in ...
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U.N. Chief Warns Of Growing Humanitarian Crisis In Northeastern Nigeria
Photo above: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria. UN Photo/Evan Schneider. By Tharanga Yakupitiyage IPS Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, (IPS) – With over 1.5 million displaced, 800,000 of whom are children, and continuously escalating violence in northeastern ...
Read More »Winning Women A Greater Say In Somaliland’s Policy-Making
Photo above: Women sport their national pride at the annual Somaliland Independence Day celebration on May 18 in Hargeisa. Advocates argue that a political quota would give women a greater say in their country’s policy-making. Credit: Katie Riordan/IPS. HARGEISA, (IPS) – ...
Read More »Caribbean Fishing Industry Ends Meeting On Upgrading Food Safety Systems
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A two-day meeting aimed at introducing a new regime for safe seafood for local and international consumption has ended here with delegates acknowledging that they were at the very early stages of introducing this new policy. ...
Read More »MASKS: A Very Important Part Of An At-Home Beauty Program
By Jean Pierre R.N. PRIDE Skin Care Columnist Masks are a much underutilized part of a home care program. Although a mask is a very important part of every one’s home care program, many clients do not include a mask ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: Grilled Picnic: Get Fired Up Over Fresh Ideas
There’s nothing like sharing food in the great outdoors to give you plenty of reasons to smile. Firing up the grill for a picnic usually brings on thoughts of hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecued chicken. That’s all dandy and certainly ...
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