Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:50 by Writer The Ministry of Agriculture said the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is now better equipped with modernised equipment to conduct time-sensitive soil testing. On Monday, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the soil laboratory which is located at NAREI’s Mon Repos office. The project was funded by the Inter-American ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:39 by Writer The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Monday said there was an 18 percent increase in aviation passenger traffic in and out of Guyana for the year, pushing the country closer to the one-million mark before year-end. “As of today, Guyana has successfully processed 801,000 passengers, encompassing both inbound and ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:29 by Writer Several men on Monday remained in custody as police continued their investigation into the abduction of a man outside New Thriving Restaurant, Main Street, Georgetown, late last month. “Those in custody – the police have applied for an extension of their detention which was granted for another 72 hours,” a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:25 by Writer A suspected bandit was Monday morning shot and killed by the pawnbroker at a jewellery store and pawnbroker’s on Trinity and Main streets, New Amsterdam, shortly after a customer was robbed and shot on the business premises, police said. “The owner, a licensed firearm holder, on hearing the commotion, immediately ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 21:17 by Writer Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken cannot be promoted to the position of police commissioner because he has already reached retirement age, Human Resources Consultant, Earl John said Monday. “There is no precedent for it in which you could get promoted while you are actually retired,” Mr John told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 18:42 by Writer Guyanese police on Sunday found a plane with purported Brazilian registration markings on an illegal airstrip at Bashaizon Village, South Rupununi. Police said a man fell off a pickup and was arrested, but the pilot fled the scene in a vehicle across the Takatu River and into neighbouring Brazil. Investigators ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 October 2024, 18:33 by Writer by GHK Lall The appointment of a substantive commissioner of police is a done deal, save for the formalities. In normal circumstances, I would be the first to say a word of goodwill to the incumbent in waiting, Mr. Clifton Hicken. Most citizens would agree that there is nothing normal ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 21:13 by Writer The National Art Gallery (Castellani House) has not had a management committee for more than two years, resulting in approvals being done by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson in consultation with the curator, officials said Sunday. Mr Ramson did not respond to calls and messages by ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 16:15 by Writer Well-respected and prominent Guyanese multi-talented artist, Stanley Greaves on Sunday said he has scrapped plans to hold an exhibition of work in the National Gallery of Art (Castellani House) because he would not be asking the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson’s permission due to his behaviour. “My ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 October 2024, 16:02 by Writer The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday said the High Court could soon be asked to rule on the credibility of the voters list and draft legislation would be tabled in the National Assembly to empower the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to clean up that list. “There’s an argument being ...