The inaugural Regional Agriculture Investment Forum and Expo opened here in Georgetown this morning with President Irfaan Ali indicating Guyana and the region’s readiness to address food security and the region’s agriculture potential head-on. “I am very humbled by this opportunity to join with my dear brothers and sisters in not only launching and participating…
— to address issues impeding the smooth intra-regional movement of food commodities NOTING that the region is at a most critical time of its history and that a crisis like no other is before it, Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley made a clarion call for a change in mindset among CARICOM nations to address…
A 65-year-old woman of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown died after she reportedly fell into the path of a Puran Brothers Garbage Truck on Thursday. Dead is Yvonne Morrison. Police Headquarters reported that the accident occurred at about 11:30hrs along the ‘B’ Field, Sophia Road. The truck was being driven by 45-year-old Tulsiedas Sugrim of Leonora…
The inaugural Regional Agriculture Investment Forum and Expo opened here in Georgetown this morning with President Irfaan Ali indicating Guyana and the region’s readiness to address food security and the region’s agriculture potential head-on. “I am very humbled by this opportunity to join with my dear brothers and sisters in not only launching and participating…
–Prime Minister Rowley tells stakeholders at opening of Agri-Investment Forum and Expo WITH food security and reducing the existing food import bill high on the agenda for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley, has opined that there is a need for the development of a policy that would…
Twenty-eight-year-old Brazilian national, Francesco Alves De Arujo Junior, was robbed by four knife-wielding bandits on two motorcycles on Thursday of $3,000 local currency. Police Headquarters in a statement said the incident occurred at about 19:40hrs within the vicinity of Roraima Inn on Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown. One of the suspects was identified as…
The inaugural Regional Agriculture Investment Forum and Expo opened here in Georgetown this morning with President Irfaan Ali indicating Guyana and the region’s readiness to address food security and the region’s agriculture potential head-on. “I am very humbled by this opportunity to join with my dear brothers and sisters in not only launching and participating…
President, Dr Irfaan Ali, has said that the time is now for CARICOM to correct the imbalance between consumption and production in the region. And the way to achieve this is through the “25 by 25” target, that is, to reduce the region’s food-import bill by 25 per cent by 2025. The President highlighted these…
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Global challenges – be it the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine/ Russia war or climate change – have spotlighted just how vulnerable the Caribbean region is. As such, technology-smart investments that respond to the region’s food needs, are key to the very survival of Caribbean people. This is the view of Deodat…
The inaugural Regional Agriculture Investment Forum and Expo opened here in Georgetown this morning with President Irfaan Ali indicating Guyana and the region’s readiness to address food security and the region’s agriculture potential head-on. “I am very humbled by this opportunity to join with my dear brothers and sisters in not only launching and participating…
