Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia THE GULF TODAY.-Dubai: Airport security officers intercepted two drug mules carrying 5.361kg of cocaine worth around Dhs8 million, reported the Dubai Police Anti-Narcotics department earlier this week. In the first operation, the police intercepted a Tanzanian man, SK, who had arrived from Sao Paulo in Brazil. He was arrested at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 October 2013, 2:53 by GxMedia Working sessions of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2013 began Friday at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal with experts zooming in on the region’s food security. Head of Resource Mobilisation at the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) Maurice Wilson, lamented that “we have constantly underestimated this ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana and Barbados are set to begin negotiations to jointly grant licences for fishing in area where their two waters overlap, their Foreign Ministers said Friday. “There is a part of our boundary that overlaps with Barbados and within that area we would be working jointly so an agreement will ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has lamented the Caribbean’s almost non-existent investment in agriculture research saying it is a critical pillar in the thrust to meet key developmental goals. His call came at the opening of a two-day media workshop on Friday which marked the start of activities ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia [CWA 2013, Georgetown, Guyana, 4 October 2013] –The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA) has recommitted to agricultural and rural development for food and nutrition security and to increase prosperity in the Caribbean. Addressing media practitioners at the opening of a Workshop on Inclusive Evidence-Based Coverage of Agriculture ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Guyana and Barbados on Friday agreed to craft a protocol to handle immigration concerns, even as the two countries pointed out that fewer Guyanese are being barred from entering that Caribbean island. The announcement was made by Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Barbados counterpart Maxine Mc Lean at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Friday ruled in favour of Jamaican Shanique Myrie in her case against the Barbadian government and awarded her damages to the tune of BDS$75,000. A release from the court said it found that Myrie had been wrongfully denied entry into Barbados, subjected to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia GEORGETOWN – The Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Linden Care Foundation, conducted a Medical Outreach and humanitarian donation in Ituni and Kwakwani, Region 10, the American embassy said Thursday. The participation of outstanding volunteers at both medical facilities — the Linden Care ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia A 19-year old man, who allegedly claimed that he had found a 9 MM rifle and bullets in a backdam and he was going to sell them, was charged with illegal possession. Dexter Hopkinson pleaded not guilty to the charges of being in illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:00 by GxMedia Chilean funding is being made available to help finance the development of small businesses in countryside areas, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Irfan Ali announced on Thursday. “The objective of the project is to enhance the livelihood or rural entrepreneurs,” he said. Ali explained that under the project, 10 ...