Poor drainage, low paddy prices and the high cost for fertiliser were the main issues highlighted by Corentyne coast rice farmers when they met with Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder last Friday in an effort to seek solutions.
Further works are slated for Dennis Street, Sophia, between ‘A’ Field and Eastern Highway.
Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin on Monday addressed concerns of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice shop owners over the seizure of items by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and other problems.
The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown has sworn in 17 new Constables who recently completed the basic recruitment and training programme for City Constables.
The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission will commence inspections of state and government land in five areas at Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank Demerara and is asking persons connected to them or who have interests to be part of those inspections.
Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) is collaborating with the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) here to enhance the sustainable economic activities in protected areas in Guyana.
The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is exploring means of enhancing cassava cultivation and mechanical harvesting for it.
(Jamaica Observer) Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams on Monday disclosed that Jamaica is receiving help from the United States to track down the killers of two American missionaries whose bodies were found in a remote part of Boscobel, St Mary, between Saturday and Sunday.
A North East La Penitence resident was on Friday placed on bail after it was alleged that he stole a bike that he said he owned.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (Reuters) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump went from long-shot contender to become the party’s presumptive nominee yesterday with a commanding win in Indiana, and the party began to coalesce around him as top rival Ted Cruz bowed out of the race.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s government is doing a bad job of weeding out fraudulent citizenship applications and this means ineligible people can obtain Canadian passports, the country’s top watchdog said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said on Monday it was “quite likely” that the contractor—Brazilian firm Construtora OAS—will have to be fired from the multi-billion-dollar Point Fortin Highway extension project.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to open an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff for trying to obstruct a massive corruption probe involving state-run oil firm Petrobras, Globo News reported yesterday.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-Lowly ranked West Indies have experienced an 11 point slide and are in danger of replacing Bangladesh at the bottom of the table in the ICC test team rankings.
The Council of the University of Guyana (UG) today announced that Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith has accepted its offer to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor.
Imran Khan, a Director on the Board of NCN has resigned over the board’s decision to appoint Lennox Cornette as Chief Executive Officer.
(Trinidad Guardian) The common-law wife of former Centrin worker David Francis broke down in tears yesterday after she was given the go ahead to cremate her husband after a High Court judge discharged an injunction filed by Francis’ estranged wife.
The Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) sees the completion of the entire process within 18 months and it has recommended a reduction of immunities for the President, limiting the powers to prorogue or dissolve Parliament and excluding the Attorney General from Cabinet so the holder of that office remains unbiased and impartial.
A former goalkeeper is now dead and two of his children are injured after he lost control of the car he was driving along the roadway at Bamia, Linden-Soesdyke Highway yesterday afternoon.
Four bandits, each armed with a gun, broke into a home at Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice in the wee hours of yesterday and terrorized the family before making off with $1.1 million, US$4,000, SRD$13,000, approximately $1.5 million in jewellery, two iPhones worth $240,000, one Samsung Galaxy worth $85,000 and one laptop worth $55,000.
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