Last Updated on Monday, 4 October 2021, 14:43 by Denis Chabrol The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday said it was ready to support Guyana’s agriculture proposal for the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The announcement was made by FAO’s Assistant Director General, Julio Antonio Berdegué in his address to the opening of Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2021. Recalling President ...

Last Updated on Monday, 4 October 2021, 13:57 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is among several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that on Monday inked a declaration to combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, even as the region prepares to tap into assistance from Norway to tackle the scourge that experts say is linked to a range of other transnational ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 October 2021, 12:14 by Denis Chabrol A mere few hours after President Irfaan Ali strongly suggested that the burning down  of the Brickdam Police Station might be politically inspired, the Guyana Police Force said one of the 16 detainees confessed to setting the wooden  heritage building alight. The President earlier Sunday sought to link the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 October 2021, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol   President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he was “bothered” about the fire that flattened most of the buildings in the Brickdam Police Station complex, headquarters of Guyana’s main police division. “Why am I bothered? This is coming on the heels of threats made on the capital city from ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 October 2021, 23:17 by Denis Chabrol Two days after they allegedly robbed and shot electrician Joshua Denny, two young men were shot dead by police in the vicinity of the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. They have been identified as Quacy Jupiter called ‘Ding Dong’ ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 October 2021, 18:11 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from Reuters MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) – All the barriers to register Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine with the World Health Organization (WHO) have been cleared and only some paperwork remains to be completed, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday. The Sputnik V shot, widely used ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 October 2021, 15:34 by Denis Chabrol Junior members of the Guyana Police Force on Friday night chased a senior police officer, eventually intercepting the car that he was driving and allegedly finding a quantity of marijuana in the trunk, the law enforcement agency said. The police force identified him as Deputy Superintendent Dexter Brown. Investigators ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 October 2021, 14:45 by Denis Chabrol All detainees at the Brickdam Police Station lockups, firearms and ammunition were accounted for, but several vehicles and vital records were Saturday destroyed by fire that swept through virtually all of the colonial wooden buildings that made up Guyana’s major police divisional headquarters. Aided by steady and brisk north-east ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 October 2021, 22:00 by Denis Chabrol Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents have arrested six persons and a large quantity of marijuana that was being loaded on three go-fast boats that were destined for the Leeward Islands, CANU Head James Singh said Friday night. He said the operation began Thursday night and ended Friday afternoon. Mr. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 11:48 by Denis Chabrol This year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Seafarers at the Core of Shipping’s Future” seeks to put the spotlight on seafarers by highlighting the important role they play in the maritime world now as well as in the uncertain future. On the occasion of World Maritime Day, we must appreciate ...