Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 22:03 by GxMedia A veteran Caribbean agriculturalist Friday disagreed that agricultural development banks offering subsidized interest rates do not help farmers to grow into big businesses, even as he cautioned Guyanese authorities against poor management of its agri-financial institution when it comes on stream. “I will tell them to stock it with agriculturalists ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 21:27 by GxMedia The Draft Code of Conduct for Ministers, Members of Parliament and Permanent Secretaries has been released and sees a strict cap on the value of gifts and gambling by officer bearers. The document published on the Ministry of the Presidency’s website promises to enforce its regulations by meting out strict ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 20:27 by GxMedia Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton on Thursday disclosed that some of the funds provided by the French Government, under a government-to- government collaboration, will be used to transform health centres in the hinterland, into hospitals, to benefit the people there. The disclosure was made during a courtesy call ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 20:26 by GxMedia An Immigration Officer, who was accused of changing an immigration entry in the computerized management system, was Friday granted GUY$100,000 bail Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan granted GUY$100,000 bail to police officer, 30-year old Yonnick Smith of 457 Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. He is to return to court ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 20:26 by GxMedia US Ambassador Perry Holloway has affirmed that while plans for the establishment of a permanent Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Office in Guyana, the DEA will not be coming to take over the anti-narco fight in Guyana. Holloway made the statement at a press conference on Friday where an agreement between the US ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 16:35 by GxMedia Plans are afoot to reduce the demand for foreign foods in favour of those produced in the Caribbean, but Guyanese authorities would have to focus heavily on promotion and marketing because of lingering fears about food bans in the 1980s. President of the Caribbean Agri- Business Association, Vassel Stewart reflected ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2015, 16:30 by GxMedia Dominica could soon be selling larger amounts of water and fresh fruits and vegetables to neighbouring islands when two projects, likely to be funded by the European Union (EU), get off the ground, according to a top sub-regional diplomat. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States’ (OECS) Ambassador to Brussels, Dr. ...