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Fisherfolk to receive $150k cash grant by next week; urged not to cheat the system
By Lazeena Yearwood
Distribution of the one-off $150,000 cash grants promised to the country’s fisherfolk by the government will commence as soon as next week following an ongoing period of registration.
Minister of Agriculture…
All fisherfolk to get one-off $150,000 cash grant
As part of further efforts to cushion substantial price hikes, President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that fisherfolk across the country will receive a one-off $150,000 cash grant.
The President made this announcement on Tuesday…
A CARICOM food stamp? Guyana tasked with pushing regional food consumption
Guyana is leading an aggressive food security agenda within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and with plans afoot to increase food production, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley has also tasked Guyana with pushing regional food…
Demerara Bank’s game-changing loan plan to slash rice farmers’ woes
A new farmers’ credit line programme, offered by Demerara Bank Limited, promises to slash many of the woes rice farmers face in accessing much-needed finance to expand production or withstand disastrous events within the agricultural…
No more expensive ‘frozen imports’ with new Guyana/ B’dos seafood plan
A new seafood farming plan between Guyana and Barbados could see tourist-dependent countries cutting an expensive import bill, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley has said.
The Prime Minister, while speaking at the opening of a pond…
Unless old habits change, ‘food catastrophe’ will hit Caribbean – Pres. Ali
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Global events are likely to contribute to a shortage of food and President Dr. Irfaan Ali has lamented that unless old habits change, the Caribbean will be hard hit by the looming catastrophe.…
Access to farmlands for Barbados as relations deepen with Guyana
By Vishani Ragobeer
Vishani@newsroom.gy
Access to farmlands, promoting tourism opportunities and supporting young people are among the key efforts towards deepening a ‘win- win’ partnership between Guyana and Barbados.
This is…
President Ali leads delegation to ‘Agro Fest’ in Barbados
President Dr Irfaan Ali is leading a delegation to attend ‘Agro Fest’- the National Agricultural Exhibition -to be held at Queen’s Park in Bridgetown, Barbados, from May 28-29.
The Head of State will be delivering the feature address on…
CARICOM SG lauds Ali’s leadership of regional Agri. sector in Independence Day message
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has congratulated the Government and People of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 26 May 2022.
See message by…
$250M in fertiliser support for Region Two farmers
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday announced that farmers in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will be receiving $250 million for the purchase of fertiliser.
The funds will come from the $1 billion set aside by the government…