THE cultivation of pulses, combined with the power of young people can help achieve a transformation in the global agrifood systems, said Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) at a virtual event held to mark World Pulses Day. “Our agrifood systems need a paradigm shift,” said Qu,…
EVEN as the government continues to implement systems to tackle the deadly COVID-19 virus, a 57-year-old man from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) has become the latest fatality. His death on February 12, 2022, has taken Guyana’s overall death toll to 1,194. There are currently 1,952 active COVID-19 cases in Guyana, following the addition of 34 new…
IF your child is between 9 and16 years of age, it is likely he/she has come across pornography on the internet. Some children are exposed to porn accidentally; they may innocently click on something while browsing and get more than they bargained for, while others, mostly young males, deliberately seek out porn because friends and…
WITH Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector continuing to grow, local businessman Lloyd Baharally will soon establish a $200 million fuel-bunkering operation in Region One (Barima-Waini) and Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). Bunkering is defined as the supply of fuel for use by ships, including the logistics of loading and distributing the fuel among available shipboard tanks.…
JB’s Insight: Economic & Finance Issues Summary Background Budget 2022 is the largest in Guyana’s history and the first to unlock the resources from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF). The massive $553B budget represents 30.1 per cent of 2021 real GDP, 62 per cent of Guyana’s pre-oil GDP (2018), and a 37 per cent increase…
IN response to the demand for more collaborative efforts to promote small businesses across Guyana, a trio of friends, Loyette Williams, Saskia Tull and Tiffini Lyken, have birthed the idea of ‘Her Paradise,’ a collaborative space and community for women entrepreneurs. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday, Loyette Williams, one of the founders of…
— multi-door sluice in Region Six to be built; pump stations for Adventure, BBP — Mustapha underscores need for strengthening country’s drainage capacity REGION Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) farmers will soon benefit from massive agricultural development and opportunities as the government gears up to commence its 2022 work programme. Last Thursday, the government passed the $552.9…
— young people laud government for placing affordable insurance within the reach of more Guyanese COGNISANT of the importance of putting provisions in place for unforeseen circumstances, the government in the 2022 National Budget has placed affordable medical and life insurance within the reach of more Guyanese by making premiums deductible from their chargeable incomes.…
Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Godfrey Bess on Sunday welcomed 56 new recruits to service in the profession of arms, following their successful completion of the Basic Recruit Course (BRC) 2021-03. The newest additions to the force completed 13 weeks of induction training in several areas including drills, physical training, skill at arms…
The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) has named its 15-member Under-15 squad and five reserves to contest the Guyana Cricket Board’s Under-15 Inter-county tournament to be held in March in Georgetown. The selection was made after a three-day trial at the Imam Bacchus Cricket Ground, Affiance, Essequibo Coast, the ECB said. “Initially forty-eight (48) young cricketers…
