Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 21:49 by GxMedia The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) Tuesday agreed to conduct research to help boost the quality of agricultural production and market foods. Guyana is a member of CARDI. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by CARDI’s Executive Director, Barton ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 21:32 by GxMedia Several poor persons, who possess rich small-business ideas ,were Thursday given an opportunity to realize their dreams through a GUY$10 million grant. Provided through the ‘Enhancing the Economic Livelihood of Poor in Guyana’ programme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) handed out GUY$1 million each to 10 micro-entrepreneurs who impressed ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 20:57 by GxMedia Work on providing Caribbean peoples and businesses more nutritious foods and linking agriculture with tourism was Friday taken a step further with the inking of an agreement between the Technical Centre for Agricultural Cooperation and Rural Development (CTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA). Signed by IICA ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 20:55 by GxMedia Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) trade bloc Dr. Douglas Slater has lamented the unhealthy idiosyncrasies of Guyanese pedestrians as Guyana moved to focus on alleviating road deaths. Speaking at the launch of Road Safety Month in Guyana, Slater remarked that he has travelled to many Caribbean countries, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 17:16 by GxMedia Guyana’s Public Security Minister, Khemrj Ramjattan Wednesday definitively ruled out the extension of the opening hours of bars and night clubs, less than one day after the Private Sector Commission (PSC) publicly appealed for him to do so. “It will not be done. It’s 2 O’clcok. I might very well ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 16:48 by GxMedia Bars and night clubs, faced with the likelihood of shutting down because of the 2 AM closure, now hope that a lobby by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) will see government reversing its decision. The PSC is strongly recommending that consideration be given for bars and night clubs to be ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 21:53 by GxMedia The body of the female, which was found on the Kingston foreshore, Georgetown, has been identified as 19-year old Kavita Ackloo of South Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said the young woman’s father identified her body. The body of the man, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 21:23 by GxMedia Cash-strapped Guyanese rice farmers could eventually be given a new opportunity to refinance their operations rather than await payment from millers and exporters. The Curacao-headquartered Factor Plus is currently exploring the possibility of expanding its service beyond the Dutch-speaking Caribbean to other countries where farmers need urgent payments to continue ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 20:53 by GxMedia The Guyana Sugar Corporation Tuesday said a recent three-day strike has cost the ailing entity GUY$38 million because unprocessed canes have deteriorated. Guysuco also said in a statement that as a result of the strike from October 25 to 27, 2015 it has suffered a delay in producing 6,000 tons ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 November 2015, 20:27 by GxMedia A second man has been charged in connection with the execution-style gunning down of a man in Albouystown two months ago. Charged with the indictable offence of murder was Clive Forde. He is accused of murdering Senassie Lewis on September 4, 2015 near the Ghetto Flex Bar, James and Albouys ...