Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2022, 18:19 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said government was turning to Guatemala, Latin America’s second largest sugar producer, to revive the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) which he insisted would not be closed because of its socio-economic and financial importance. “That is why Guatemala is also coming in to help ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2022, 17:26 by Denis Chabrol Ahead of the reduction of more COVID-19 measures, President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said arriving passengers at Guyana’s two international airports would no longer have to fill out COVID location forms. He said passengers no longer needed to fill up COVID locator forms and have them stamped at the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2022, 16:38 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali was Sunday tight-lipped on reasons for rejecting opposition nominees to sit on the governing board of the Natural Resources Fund (NRF), suggesting that the parliamentary majoritarian process in the appointments committee in the end held sway in favour of one of government’s nominees. “The parliamentary process ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2022, 15:12 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Sunday appeared to hinge any  chance of power sharing  to the opposition agreeing to free and fair elections, just days after People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader Aubrey Norton pegged it to a clean voters list. Against the background of  a United States Agency for ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 March 2022, 14:19 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that he plans to meet with marijuana farmers to encourage them to get into the cultivation of high-value hemp. ” I intend to have a meeting very soon with all the marijuana growers in this country. I intend to have a meeting and ...