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Underscoring that as part of a diversified economy the tourism sector will play an integral role, President Irfaan Ali said that the government will provide support to locals who see a future in building this country’s unique product, but urged that those investments should start swiftly.
Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the area of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
Essequibo residents involved in the President’s Shade House Initiative, which is being piloted under the Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme, said they have found it beneficial as well as an effective method in the cultivation of some traditional and non-traditional crops.
By Joseph Allen Another new political party has emerged and while it will wet its feet at the June 12 Local Government Elections, it has sounded its intent to try and shake things up at the 2025 general and regional elections.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha reiterated government’s commitment to improving community roads and developing the agriculture sector during a public engagement in the Mocha/Arcadia community on Friday last.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has announced that the rehabilitation of the Eteringbang airstrip will be concluded in July.
Chief Executive Officer of GTT Damian Blackburn has called on local telecommunication operators as well as those in the region to partner in support of newly launched innovative eMarket cloud-based procurement solution, designed to streamline the Request for Proposal (RFP) process.
Business advisor, author, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of S. Graham and Associates, a marketing and consulting firm, Stedman Graham, is due in Guyana next month to host a masterclass on “Identity Leadership” at the Guyana Marriott in Kingston, Georgetown.
To help boost agriculture while simultaneously implementing measures to tackle the high cost of plantain production in the hinterlands, the government will be distributing suckers to those farmers.
As part of its efforts to take its services countrywide, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said that the top priority must be the swift recapture of death row prisoner Royden Williams who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison on Friday in what appeared to be a well-orchestrated plan.
Police are investigating the suspected murder of Choorandan Chaitram called ‘Reid’, a 41-year-old Construction Worker of Lot 101 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara between 21:00 hrs last night (Saturday) and 02:30 hrs this morning (Sunday) at Lusignan Grass Field, East Coast Demerara.
Seeram Krishna, called ‘Vicky’, a 35-year-old fisherman of Lot 24 ‘A’ Conservancy Dam, Canal #1, West Bank Demerara was fatally chopped yesterday and his cousin, 19, is in custody.
By Joseph Allen An intense hunt by the Joint Services is continuing for death row prisoner, Mark Royden Williams aka ‘Smallie’ whose carefully planned escape from the Mazaruni jail on Friday has revealed major breaches in security protocols and left the prison authorities facing difficult questions.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) would like all Guyanese to balance the not insignificant revenues and concomitant development made possible by ExxonMobil’s production of oil with the need to adequately protect the environment in the ongoing EPA issue.
Two years after PNCR member and attorney-at-law, James Bond, and former acting Chief Executive Officer of National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London, were taken to court over the sale of state lands at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara (EBD), the government says that it has recovered all of the parcels and has resold some at market value back to the buyers.
Despite minor setbacks, works are progressing on the alternate East Bank Demerara four-lane road being constructed under the Ministry of Housing and Water.
The first twenty-two families residing at a now regularised section of Planta-tion Hope (Enmore Grass Field), East Coast Deme-rara are now in possession of their Certificate of Title.
The government yesterday hosted a review at St Igna-tius Village, Region Nine of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to hold a sitting here next month during which five cases will be deliberated on.
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