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Timber harvesting practices of forest producers under unfair attack

Local forest producers are firmly on the side of responsible timber harvesting and are “deeply concerned” at what the Guyana Forest Producers Association (FPA) says are “unfair and unwarranted attacks” on the operations of its members by environmentalists and other groups many of whom take little time to understand their particular role in the industry and in the community as a whole.

Frankly Speaking…

Perhaps it’s the Mashramani spirit and season – when some calypsonians utilize the imaginary scenario of our two departed political behemoths, Forbes and Cheddi, discussing current goings-on amongst the local living.

Food trucks for West Demerara

West Demerara sugar workers have complained bitterly about the hike in prices of basic food items, including zero-rated items, by businesses in the region and relief in the form of trucks selling essential food items will be sent to the area this weekend, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud assured them.

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Vendors utilizing the Water Street (Toolsie Persaud) Arcade say they are disappointed but not surprised that the badly needed rehabilitation of the facility was not specifically mentioned in Finance Minister Ashni Singh’s presentation of ongoing plans for the rehabilitation of the city during his budget presentation in the National Assembly last Friday.

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