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Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Cosbert was Wednesday evening given the Terms of Reference (TORs) by Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, to probe into the allegations of unauthorised disclosure of information, mismanagement and malpractices in the procurement of pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Public Health, government announced. In handing over the TORs, Minister Harmon said that Government eagerly ...

A security guard, who said he stole over a half million Guyana dollars  in items from an Industrial Estate bond because he wanted them at his home, will be spending nine months in prison although he begged for a light sentence The allegation against Omand Hussain is that between December 1, 2015 and September 29, 2016, at Ruimveldt, Georgetown he ...

by Wesley Kirton Havana, November 1- Some 12 Caribbean Community (CARICIN member states including Guyana, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados and several Organisation of  Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries are among the 75 nations represented at the 34th Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2016) which opened here Monday. The impressive display booths mounted by CARICOM member states were a hive ...

Guyana’s fish production has suffered a significant decline partly due to the adverse impact of sargassum seaweed, local and regional fishery experts said. Chief Fisheries Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Denzil Roberts said dry weather due to climate change, piracy, cost of inputs for small-scale fisherfolk and the presence of sargassum seaweed have conspired to reduce Guyana’s fish production. ...

Almost 600 students can now pursue studies in various skilled trades in much more conducive conditions now that the Kingston Practical Institute has been rehabilitated with assistance from Digicel (Guyana) Limited but they need better equipment. However, authorities hope that the equipment being used by students and teachers could be replaced or upgraded. Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson hoped that ...

At a time when there is much talk about the need for Guyanese to be involved directly and indirectly in the country’s oil and gas sector, one of Guyana’s largest gold producers is hoping that local companies will play a major role in providing it with goods and services. The just concluded INWARD Expo, organised by Aurora Gold Mines, is ...

Guyana will not be able to transship honey exports through Trinidad and Tobago any time soon because the twin-island Caribbean nation does not know when it will amend its almost 70-year old law. Trinidad and Tobago’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Richard Kangaloo said his country was sticking by the law as far as possible but was willing to “consider” Guyana’s requests ...

The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has borrowed and modified a Puerto Rico protocol to remove large amounts sargassum seaweed that has been retarding the movement of fishing vessels and chasing away some fish species from otherwise heavily populated fishing grounds. Executive Director of CRFM, Milton Haughton said the problem has been plaguing the Caribbean for the past five years. ...

By Ivan Cairo GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – A trade dispute to allow Surinamese duck meat to enter the market in Trinidad and Tobago could be resolved as soon as the Trinidad government amend its Animal Act, a Trinidad official told the Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) here on Friday. At the conclusion of its meeting at ...

by Abigail Semple Fly Jamaica Airways will soon be offering chartered direct flights from Guyana to Cuba. This was revealed by the airline’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Roxanne Reece, at the company’s opening of its second ticketing office in Central Georgetown. Reece told Demerara Waves that Fly Jamaica is hoping to have the first flight to Cuba in December of ...