Agriculture
$2.8B for a better Georgetown, major markets and green spaces to be upgradedGeorgetown’s iconic markets, historic buildings and community spaces are set for a major facelift this year, as government moves ahead with a $2.8 billion Georgetown Enhancement Programme. The funding came under close scrutiny on Thursday in the Parliamentary Committee of Supply, where Opposition MP Ganesh Mahipaul and Duarte Hetsberger pressed Minister of Local Government and...
Mustapha grilled on GuySuCo mechanisation, GMC probe as agriculture budget approvedAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday faced sustained questioning in the Committee of Supply over the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo’s)...
‘We don’t want to do business with them anymore’ – 30 companies disqualified from agriculture contractsAgriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha told the Committee of Supply on Tuesday that his ministry has moved to blacklist about 30...
‘Zulfi’ not taking chances with City Hall during rainy season, assigns engineers to monitor GTThree engineers attached to the Ministry of Agriculture have been assigned to monitor Georgetown during the upcoming May/June season, Agriculture...
$1B in contracts inked by Agriculture MinistryThe Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday inked a total of $1 billion in contracts with the aim of improving the...
Approx. 200 farmers to benefit as Yakusari Corp. receives fencing materialWith the government signaling its intention to develop the country’s livestock industry, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Guyana Livestock...
Farmers urged to secure crops, livestock during upcoming rainy seasonFlooding as a result of climate change poses a great threat to farmers as was seen with unprecedented flooding in...
Rowley to visit Guyana next monthPrime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley is scheduled to visit Guyana in May for the upcoming regional...
Gov’t to examine ‘high percentage’ of Surinamese fishing licences given to Guyanese fisherfolkAs Guyana’s government continues pressing for much-needed fishing licences, President Dr. Irfaan Ali says that he will also examine the...
Out-of-work Uitvlugt Estate workers to get temporary employmentMechanical issues at the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Uitvlugt Easte on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) have hampered sugar...
Fishing license issue with Suriname must be resolved quickly – Pres. AliPresident Dr Irfaan Ali says he is in constant contact with Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi in an effort to quickly...
With big focus on drainage, PM says Guyana preparing for any floodsNationwide flooding gripped Guyanese during last year’s May/ June rainy season but Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips says that...
More rice, fish production planned as gov’t expanding agriculture in Reg. 6Guyana has been tasked with leading the Caribbean’s food security agenda while simultaneously producing more food to satisfy the local...
Gov’t pushing creation, marketing of agro-products as more contracts awardedThe government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is pushing the creation and marketing of agro-products, particularly those from small businesses,...
Gov’t procuring $196M in equipment to boost GuySuCo’s harvestsA total of $196.6 million will be spent on procuring a new steam turbine and new land levelling equipment for...
Flood relief expected as Gaico gets $569M contract to dredge Pomeroon riverFarmers in Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) have pleaded with the government to dredge the Pomeroon river to mitigate flooding woes;...
Some Surinamese against licensing Guyanese fishermen, gov’t relentless in finding solution’ – JagdeoBy Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.stagingsites.cc Mere days after Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha assured Guyanese fishermen that the decades-old licensing issue with...
‘Appetite’ obvious but financing needed for region’s food security – Pres. AliBy Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.stagingsites.cc While achievable, President Dr Irfaan Ali believes that addressing the issue of regional food security and...
CARICOM Heads in full support of Guyana-led regional food security initiativeBy Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.stagingsites.cc At least three regional Heads of Government on Friday signalled their intention to travel to Guyana...
Vital to GuySuCo’s return to profitability, Albion packaging plant planned for end of 2023By the end of 2023, the new state-of-the-art packaging plant at Albion, Berbice should be operational, helping to usher in...
Guyanese fishermen to be issued licences from Suriname ‘shortly’ – MustaphaGuyanese fishermen are still waiting for their official licences from the Suriname government in order to ply their trade in...
