Last Updated on Monday, 4 December 2017, 17:49 by Denis Chabrol A study on how best to employ thousands of workers, who are being laid off as part of the restructuring of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), in other areas of agriculture is now underway, officials said Monday. Chief Executive Officer of Guysuco, Errol Hanoman said the experts have cited ...

Last Updated on Monday, 4 December 2017, 14:35 by Denis Chabrol The body of a 22-year old woman was Monday morning extracted from a trench at Number 4 Village, West Coast Berbice, police said. Berbice Divisonal Commander, Assistant Commissioner Lyndon Alves said investigators were treating the incident as a homicide because stab wounds were seen when the body was taken ...

Last Updated on Monday, 4 December 2017, 14:03 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) Shadow Finance Minister, Irfan Ali on Monday charged that the David Granger-led coalition’s promise of a “good life” amounts to a “good lie” based on his mid-term review of Guyana’e economic performance. “It’s not OK. It cannot be OK for us when ...

Last Updated on Monday, 4 December 2017, 13:15 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Monday said evidence shows that Guyana has slipped on the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking, a situation government hopes to remedy with a multi-million dollar project to be funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). PPP Shadow Finance Minister, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 December 2017, 16:44 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s oil revenues should be used to finance the development of renewable energy sources and cash normally spent on fossil fuels should be fund systems that can resist the impact of climate change, say top local and regional officials. “Anticipated earnings from the oil and gas sector should fund ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 December 2017, 16:48 by Denis Chabrol Competition in Guyana’s mobile phone market on Saturday continued to heat up for the Christmas season with one of the country’s two major phone companies announcing that it has set aside GY$18 million in prizes and also holding a fun-day for orphans at the several children’s homes. Digicel (Guyana) ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 December 2017, 14:19 by Denis Chabrol By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO – Ruben Rozendaal, a co-defendant in the mass murder trial against Suriname president Desi Bouterse, allegedly committed suicide late Friday night in his apartment in Paramaribo. According to several reliable sources the body of the 61-year old, was found around 10 o’clock local time and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2017, 17:31 by Denis Chabrol The World Health Organization has validated Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis as achieving dual elimination Saint Kitts and Nevis/ Geneva, December 1, 2017 – Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis were today certified by ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2017, 8:38 by Denis Chabrol One of Guyana’s leading rice manufacturers- exporters has agreed to help the University of Guyana (UG) establish a GY$40 million soil and water testing research centre at the Berbice Campus. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Nand Persaud Group of Companies, Rajendra Persaud ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2017, 8:01 by Denis Chabrol The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has announced that it will be supporting the establishment of a Food and Nutrition Institute at the University of Guyana (UG) and help that tertiary institution conduct several studies on climate change related to the agriculture sector. The announcements were made by the ...