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Stealing  agricultural produce is costing the Caribbean millions of dollars annually and putting consumers at risk of being infected by diseases or poisoned by chemicals and drugs. Consultant, Reuben Robertson told the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2014 being held in Paramaribo, Suriname authorities have been told that their arsenal of weapons to fight back must include the enforcement of ...

An East Canje man was shot to his head allegedly by a man with whose wife he had a relationship. The woman was badly beaten. Investigators and relatives have identified the dead man as  29-year old Ramraj “Wabble” Basdeo of 850 New Area, Canefield Settlement, East Canje. He was killed Sunday morning at Baracara, almost 80 miles up the Canje ...

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representative to Barbados, John Dipchandra (Deep) Forde on Monday identified the need for succession planning in family farms at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) being held in Suriname. “We want family farms where the word ‘succession’ is a very critical dimension of that family farm. We have to build a permanence, a continuity to ...

The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) on Monday called on Guyana to pass amendments to the 2009 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act because this is not only about that country. Guyana must pass the essential Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill.  “The passage of the AML bill is not only about ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 6 (CND).-Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2014 (CWA2014) kicks off here on Monday with a heavy focus on family farming and the use of technology in agriculture, according to top officials. Executive Director of the Caribbean Agriculture and Research Development Institute (CARDI), Dr. Arlington Chesney said a hackathon (Agri Hack) scheduled for Thursday would see youths from across ...

Police were Sunday night looking for a man they believed was involved in a fatal stabbing earlier in the day at Port Mourant, Corentyne. Dead is 20-year old Rajeshwar Ramdhani of Tain Settlement, Corentyne. Investigators said that about 12:30 Sunday morning, he was fatally stabbed to his chest by a man with whom he had an argument earlier. The argument ...

Guyanese police busted an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with a quantity more than five kilogrammes of cocaine in rum, according to usually reliable sources. Sources said the liquefied cocaine was in four rum bottles that were given to him by an East Coast Demerara-based friend to take for another friend in New York. The passenger, whose ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday held a high-energy meeting to finalise its strategy as the Party prepares for General Elections early next year.   Representatives from all ten Administrative Regions of Guyana gathered at the Georgetown Club in the city with representatives from the Diaspora joining by Skype to put details to the AFC strategy that will guide ...

A West Bank Berbice man became the fifth gold miner to have died for the year as a result of the cave-in of a mining pit. He has been identified as 42-years old Nolan Lindie of Rosignol. Police said the wall of a mining pit at Mahdoa, Potaro caved in about 10:30 AM. “He was later taken out and conveyed ...

Gun-toting bandits slammed their boat into another vessel on the Baramani River, North West District (NWD) and robbed a man of GUY$4 million. Police said that about 6:30 Thursday evening four men- one armed with a shotgun and another with a handgun- held up Rudolph Ashby,31, of Aruka River, North West District and robbed him of the cash. “Investigations have ...