Daily Archives: 07/02/2013

Guyana experience is a lesson for Caribbean countries – CDB

07/02/2013 – 11:39 pm
Guyana experience is a lesson for Caribbean countries, says CDB president
Published on July 2, 2013 – Caribbean News Now – GINA
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — There are some interesting lessons for the rest of the Caribbean region to learn from the road Guyana has travelled, having moved from a deep abyss to a position of enjoying seven years of uninterrupted growth up to 2012 at a rate of 4.5 percent per annum.

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President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr William Warren Smith

This is the view of Dr William Warren Smith, president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), who noted that Guyana’s growth did not start seven years ago, but that those who have been around for a while would be familiar with the challenges that the country had been experiencing over too long a period of time.

“Those of us who are from the region have always known about, talked about and hoped for the blossoming of the Guyana potential,” Smith said during a recent interview.     Continue reading →
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Bad news chasing good money away from the Caribbean

07/02/2013 – 11:13 pm

Bad news chasing good money away from the Caribbean

caribbean mapInternational expert says profit-seekers do not lend to governments “that cannot return their money with agreed interest payments”.

Lloyd Nicholas

NEW YORK, United States, Monday July 1, 2013 – Some relationships just don’t last too long; some don’t even get started if the other is broke.

This is exactly what happened some 10 weeks ago when investment suitors came rushing to the emerging markets with bags of money to mop up US$20 trillion of cheap government securities going below a one per cent return and now the tide of lenders is ebbing.    Continue reading →

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Tutorial High School Alumni – Family Fun Day – Toronto July 7, 2013

07/02/2013 – 10:49 pm

Tutorial Jul 7

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Guyana Berbice Association Toronto Dance – August 3, 2013

07/02/2013 – 4:20 am

GUYANA BERBICE ASSOCIATION (Toronto) Inc.

ANNUAL CARIBANA DANCE

SATURDAY,   August 3rd, 2013

 THORNHILL COMMUNITY CENTRE

 7755 BAYVIEW AVENUE (at John Street) 

Thornhill.   Ontario.  Canada ( North of Toronto)

MUSIC  BY  D.J. ‘ROCKIN’ ROXY

From  8:00 p.m.  to  2:00 a.m.

Donation:  $25.00 per person   –    Cash Bar / Food Bar

 COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL TIME

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 Please call any one listed below to obtain tickets.

 Bert/Rita Bacchus ( 905) 770-3785     Cecil/Chrissy Farinha (416) 733-9778

Yvonne Pearce ( 416) 744-2209     Fred Carr (905) 230-3827

Elwin Steaman (905) 471-8895     Peter /Joycelyn Hestick    (905) 508-8173

Gerry/Bibi  Barran (905) 881-8886     Lillith Thompson     (905) 678-2258

Pats La Rose         (416) 560-2554

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Guyana Asso. of Georgia – Annual Tea Party – July 27, 2012

07/02/2013 – 1:35 am

Tea Party Flyer

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