GUYSUCO rolling out mechanisation to counter labour shortage – Agri Minister
The state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has employed 543 new employees at Rose Hall Estate to implement a mechanisation programme ...
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Use ‘oil money’ to provide income tax relief, increased pensions, grants, improved infrastructure
The opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday recommended that government considers a raft of measures, including lower income ...
Tax reductions, incentives being considered -Finance Minister
Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Wednesday announced that the value added tax (VAT) is likely to be reduced to 12 ...
PPPC promises anti-crime strategy, 20,000 education scholarships, improved internet service
A section of the attendees at the People's Progressive Party Civic rally at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast. The opposition People's ...
Junior Health Minister now Foreign Affairs Minister; Patterson-Yearwood reassigned “in the public interest”
Dr. Karen Cummings being sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Junior Health Minister Dr. Karen Cummings was Thursday elevated ...
Oil and gas sector can boost agriculture; fishing will face greatest competition – FAO
FAO's Assistant Director-General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Dr. Julio Berdegué and FAO Representative in Guyana, Dr. Gillian Smith. ...
Guyana part of regional study on substituting refined sugar with “plantation white”
Director of Projects at CDB, Daniel Best Guyana is among four sugar-producing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nations that will be ...
Favourable policy environment key to Caribbean agro-tourism integration – CTA
Sweet potato harvest Source: CTA & FAST Int'l Barbados is among several Caribbean nations that is exploring integrating agriculture and ...
Jamaica confiscates 70 tonnes of Guyanese rice
Reproduced from Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), in the Ministry of ...
Farmers to take advantage of Hope Estate agro-processing facility
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI), Dr. Oudho Homenauth (left) and the Chief ...
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