Guyana News

 The latest Guyana news from Stabroek News including oil and gas coverage, crime, politics, culture, business and more.

From left to right are Vice President of World Trade Center, Miami, Alicia Ancona;  WTC Georgetown Executive Director Wesley Kirton and WTC Miami President and Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Barrios.
From left to right are Vice President of World Trade Center, Miami, Alicia Ancona; WTC Georgetown Executive Director Wesley Kirton and WTC Miami President and Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Barrios.

World Trade Centers Georgetown, Miami sign MoU

Local Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are being afforded the opportunity to boost their profile and attend trade shows thanks to the collaboration between trade centres in Guyana and the US.

Ministry probing accident at Hack Rice Mill

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health Department yesterday morning begun investigations into an accident that occurred at Hack Rice Mill, Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice, on Thursday afternoon that injured three employees.

The launch of “Damion”. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond is second from right.

Consumer affairs body launches Artificial Intelligence agent

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) in collaboration with the Department of Consumer Affairs yesterday launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent named “Damion” with whom consumers can communicate via the Commission’s WhatsApp number 625-0557 on a 24-hour basis to source consumer protection information.

One of the makeshift camps (Police photo)

Two more cannabis farms destroyed at Ebini

Police in Regional Division #10 conducted another narcotics eradication exercise at Ebini Backdam, Berbice River, between 7.30 am and 5 pm on Wednesday during which two cannabis farms spanning seven acres and a quantity of marijuana with a street value of $151,480,323 were found and destroyed.

Planting seedlings following the launch of the project (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

Empowering women, youth through climate smart agri

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana School of Agriculture through an  effort between the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched its Empowering Women and Youth through the Mainstreaming of Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies programme at its Mon Repos Campus.

The talks on the training yesterday (Ministry of Labour photo)

Labour Ministry discusses training with George Brown College

Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour, and Richard Maughn, Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), met with representatives of George Brown College (GBC) yesterday at the ministry’s Brickdam location to discuss expanding skills training opportunities in Guyana to create a skilled workforce.

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