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...
High tides alertThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure would like to advise the general public to take all necessary precautions during the spring...
Collapsed sea defence at Mahaicony sealedThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that the breached sea defence at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast of Demerara...
Major poultry producers say chicken shortage will end this weekThe country’s major poultry producers have assured that the current chicken shortage would be rectified this week, the Guyana Livestock...
Collapsed sea defence: resources diverted to protect farmlands in MahaiconyThe Ministry of Public Infrastructure says it is conducting emergency works at Dantzig, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) to assist...
Sea defence collapses in Mahaicony; over 1,000 acres of farmlands under threatBy Bibi Khatoon Farmers at Columbia and Dantzig, Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are fearful they will...
GuySuCo looks to produce 50,000 tonnes of white sugar at AlbionThe Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is looking to supply the local and regional market with white sugar. The state-owned...
‘I am not here to bury sugar industry’: President meets with Albion workersPresident David Granger on Friday assured sugar workers that his Government will not close the sugar industry but is rather...
$50M for irrigation & agri. services in Region 8Following an Outreach to several villages in Region Eight, the Ministry of Agriculture, through the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority...
Rejected rice in Panama was switched before shipment – GRDBThe Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has concluded that the 33 containers of rice which were returned from Panama in...
GT to get new pumps as Gov’t takes over main city drainageGeorgetown will get three new pumps being procured by the Ministry of Agriculture to better manage the city’s drainage. Minister...
Gov’t, DDL partner to develop dairy, juice productionThe Government of Guyana and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have agreed to examine the implementation of a private/public partnership to...
President meets with protesting sugar workers, promises severance by year-endOver $7 billion in supplementary funding will be sourced next week, some of which will be used to make the...
100 acres of corn to be harvested at EbiniNew Frontier (NF) Agriculture, today announced that its farm at Ebini is set to harvest it’s a test crop, of...
GuySuCo on track to achieve 2018 second crop production targetDespite several challenges following the changes in the industry, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is on track to achieve its...
14 investors eye sugar estatesApproximately 14 investors have met with officials on the privatisation of the three sugar estates, raising concerns about taxation, work...
‘Stop infighting and outfighting’- Jordan on GuySuCo/NICIL fiascoAs the clash between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL)- which took...
Slow TT process holds up Guyana’s honey exports – Agri. MinisterEven as the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago committed to changing its laws to allow the transshipment of Guyana’s...
Brazilian army to commence drilling interior wells next monthThe drilling of eight Wells in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) through a collaboration between the Governments of Guyana and...
