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Number of Georgetown street dwellers reduced- Human Services Minister

The number of street dwellers in commercial Georgetown has been reduced significantly and a number of them have been trained and employed, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud. “Some people don’t like to abide by the rules. Some people like the street kind of conditions and some people refuse to move but we have- ...

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Guyana increases wheat trials

Guyana has expanded its wheat growing trials, more than one year after the country touted the idea in response to the adverse effect of the Russia-Ukraine war on grain production and exports, President Irfaan Ali said Friday. Addressing the formal launch of the 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, he said more land has been set aside for additional trials. “Wheat ...

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Guyana to approve Tullow’s sale of Orinduik Block stake to Eco Atlantic

The Guyana government would be approving United Kingdom oil company, Tullow’s sale of 60 percent stake in the Orinduik Block to the Toronto-headquartered Eco Atlantic (Oil and Gas) Limited, Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday. While Tullow had announced on August 11, 2023 that it was selling its share in the Orinduik Block for an estimated US$700,000, that ...

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Examine all options for continued free and fair elections- US

The United States (US) believes that Guyana should examine all options, including biometrics, to guarantee free and fair elections, outgoing American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch said Thursday. “I think it’s important to explore all tools that Guyana has access to, in order to again ensure that elections continue to be free and fair,” she said when asked by Demerara ...

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US in aggressive push-back against Chinese expansion in Caribbean

The United States (US) is on a multi-pronged push-back against China’s expanding financial footprint here and the rest of the Caribbean, outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch said Thursday. “We’ve tripled the bilateral trade over the last few years so I think we are here we are strong, and we will remain here,” she told reporters at a ...

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Pres Ali shuns US willingness to facilitate talks with opposition

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday virtually ruled out a role for the United States (US) in facilitating talks with the opposition, a day after the US offered to help broker bipartisan talks on Guyana’s development. “I don’t know why there needs to be brokerage of any conversation. I don’t know that I need someone to broker a conversation,” the Guyanese ...

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Striking Berbice sugar workers take protest for money to Georgetown; GAWU, AFC differ on interpretation of court ruling

At least 100 striking sugar workers early Wednesday morning descended in front of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), demanding that they be paid severance after the Rose Hall Estate had been closed, but the union maintained that the workers were merely transferred and never severed. “Because both Albion and Blairmont are within a 10-mile radius of Rose ...

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British NGO-funded UG-affiliated biodiversity research centre isn’t about exporting science- co-founder

The University of Guyana (UG) on Tuesday formally announced the establishment of a not-for-profit biodiversity research centre in the Essequibo River near the Mazaruni and Cuyuni rivers with an assurance by the British non-governmental organisation that the aim is not to export scientific information from the area. Co-founder of the Sophia Point Rainforest Research Institute, British parliamentarian David Lammy said ...

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Teenage gold miner dies in mining pit collapse

A teenage gold miner died Tuesday afternoon when a gold mining pit at Cowpen Backdam, Puruni River in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) collapsed on him, police said. The victim has been identified as Anthony Richard of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. Police said the incident occurred at about 3:30 PM Tuesday. Investigators visited the scene at 7 PM Tuesday and were told ...

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Former UK Prime Minister appeals for financing, “practical solutions” at COP 28

Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday urged Developed Nations at the next United Nations Climate Change Conference to inject large amounts of financing to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy by poorer nations. “I hope that this COP (Conference of the Parties) comes up with a significant and improved framework whereby the Developed world realises its ...

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