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In a move towards addressing global hunger, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali released his latest book “Achieving Global Food Security: The Caribbean Experience and Beyond” at the Blavatnik School of Governments at the University of Oxford in England on Saturday, government’s Department of Public Information said. The book provides a holistic overview of the causes and challenges surrounding food security in ...

Just two days after government unequivocally committed to modern copyright legislation, two Guyanese musicians on Saturday formally asked Minister of Culture Charles Ramson for a meeting to discuss copyright reform. Jackie “Jackie Jaxx” Hanover and Ivan “D’Ivan” Harry, in their September 28, 2024 letter to the minister, said they also want to discuss other issues affecting the music industry in ...

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is concerned that it could lose support at next year’s general and regional elections as a result of the opposition’s repeated accusations of corruption, and so has opted to push back aggressively, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “We have to point out the differences and what steps we took to address corruption ...

Guyana on Friday assured the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) market that there is sufficient rice, and that shipments of the grain were on their way to Grenada, effectively pushing back plans by that island to ask the regional trade ministerial council for permission to buy rice from outside the region, officials said. “I would ask the Ministry of Trade to put ...

A fire late Friday afternoon broke out at the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) power plant at Diamond, East Bank Demerara but it was quickly contained and posed no threat to the distillery, spokespersons said. “The fire has now been contained to one building,” the Guyana Fire Service said in a brief statement. A company spokesman later told Demerara Waves Online ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday indicated that he had strong words for Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson for the manner in which he dealt with a complaint by a member of the public against renowned Guyanese sculptor, Ivor Thom, who is the Administrator of the Burrowes School of Art. “This was not a government official who ...

More than 15 years after he had first argued that Guyanese were entitled to bootlegged textbooks, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said Guyana now needed to enact modern copyright and intellectual property legislation to make Guyana attractive to international businesses and protect local artistic works. “I think it’s time actually that we start strengthening our platform because the economy ...

Guyana’s business community and the government have begun clamping down on smuggling of alcoholic products, cigarettes and chicken, among other products due to unfair competition, authorities said Wednesday. Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Komal Singh told an Illicit Trade Conference that the market share that several of those smugglers were currently capturing exceeds 25 to 50 percent in ...

Superintendent of Police, Karl Wilson has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and granted bail by the court, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday. Mr Wilson, who is stationed at the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters, appeared on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #5, before Magistrate Faith McGusty. Police said he was placed on GY$75,000 bail on each ...

Even as repairs to mainly the roofs of 33 houses in Linden that were destroyed by Wednesday night’s brief storm, the Linden Town Council is preparing to conduct a scientific study of the drainage infrastructure in the town, officials said. Linden Mayor, Sharma Solomon said a tender would be awarded to conduct a scientific study titled “Optimization of the Drainage ...