Month: April 2014

A new Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report finds that urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean A new Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)…

United Nations (UN) Special Representative in the Guyana/Venezuela border dispute Professor Norman Girvan has died. He was 72. Girvan, who earlier this year suffered a serious fall while in The…

Georgetown: Roraima Airways has been authorised as ground handling services and general sales agents for a new airline, Insel Air International. The contract was signed between the two companies at…

The World Bank said the Caribbean and Latin American economies have been holding steady, despite tighter external conditions. On Wednesday, the Washington-based financial institution said while international investors shift their…

Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký has underscored the body’s commitment to help in eradicating child abuse in Guyana. Ambassador Kopecký was at…

Georgetown : President Donald Ramotar has reacted to recent comments made by Opposition Leader David Granger about Guyana’s economic performance being tied to the illegal drug trade, deeming them an…

Georgetown : The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment launched a Geospatial Information Management Unit at the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) that will track mining activities, legal and illegal,…

Georgetown : Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali piloted the allocations for his Ministry safely through the Committee of Supply lastnight resulting in the approval of it $4.4B allocation.…

Georgetown : The Parliamentary Opposition did not support funds falling under the Public Works Ministry to the tune of $1.3B which was allocated for the completion of the Amaila Falls…

Georgetown: The Ministry of Education wishes to advise the public that all public schools will be closing on Friday, April 11, 2014 for the commencement of the Easter break.  This…