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– President Ali tells prominent environment reporter
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has enjoined what now appears to be an increasingly high-tempo and likely prolonged global debate on what would appear to be the rising decibel level on the issue of potentially oil-rich but substantively poor developing and underdeveloped countries, balancing their immediate-term opportunity for accelerated socio-economic development, afforded them by their significant ‘oil wealth’, against mounting pressures for them to set aside the opportunity they now have to increase the rate of oil recovery.
Government is exploring another power purchase agreement similar to the current one it has with a Qatari power ship company but this time for some 30 megawatts more until the Gas to Energy project is completed, as it forecasts increasing demands next year, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.
Even as the protracted information blackout of the pace of progress towards the creation of a promised Food Terminal, as one of the key elements of the regional food security undertaking, continues to be a matter of concern to CARICOM member countries, the wider issue of food security in the region is now the subject of a new report pinpointing malnutrition and hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In a groundbreaking move which it had signalled, the government yesterday tabled a bill to end preliminary inquiries (PIs) and to move to paper committals.
This year’s early disclosure of the dates for the independent, youth-led World Food Forum, an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by the Food and Agricul-ture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), from October 14-18 in Rome, reflects what unquestionably is the current preoccupation of the international community with restoring what, in many instances, are the thoroughly degraded bona fides of global food security.
Through a forest co-operation agreement with Guyana, the European Union will assist in sourcing a digital tracking system for this country’s timber and the programme will be launched soon, EU Ambassador to Guyana René van Nes last evening announced.
Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred on Thursday, May 9 at about 05.15 hours on the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, which resulted in the death of 33-year-old Deoraj Baldeo also known as ‘Alex’.
A 32-year-old motorcyclist has succumbed to his injuries, some two days after he was involved in an accident with a car on the Number 5 Public Road, Corriverton, Berbice.
With a total of $7.6 billion from its overall $15.8 billion contract sum awarded for the building of the government mega office complex at Haags Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday assured that the former landfill site poses no environmental risk.
Timothy Charles De Jonge of Baracara Village, Canje River was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Titus Sutton in 2013.
The Golden Jaguars have amplified their preparation for their impending two-match international series against traditional rival Trinidad and Tobago, with the team slated to depart local shores tomorrow morning for the twin island republic.
The Ministry of Education yesterday advised the withdrawal of an essay competition asking children about how they had benefited from the free breakfast provided to them.
Dear Editor,
I wanted to bring up a topic that’s been recently on the minds of many folks here in Guyana, especially those living in Eccles – eminent domain and what it means for them considering the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge.
Gold Star and Queenstown recorded wins when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.
Troy Ward, a 51-year-old butcher of Lot 66 Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD), and Aubrey Josiah, 59, also a butcher, of Lot 12 Duke Street, Golden Grove, ECD, appeared on Wednesday before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with failure to give notice of intention to slaughter, and failure to produce the skin of an animal, contrary to Section 14 of the Cattle Stealing Prevention Act, Chapter 9:03.
The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is investigating the fatality that occurred at the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara, on Sunday morning.
Dear Editor,
The leadership of the Ministry of Education recently posted on Facebook the progress being made in the construction of one of the new high school labs.
The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Abigail Boluwatife Olanipekun who is being sought for questioning in relation to money laundering and related serious offences in Guyana.
