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Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister Larry Howai on Monday announced in his budget presentation, that 10,000 acres of land in Guyana will be made available for use by local farmers under the terms of a new facility to be administered by the ministry of food production. The facility is the result of the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Guyana government. Under the facility, investors will be able to apply to the ministry of food production for licence to use the lands in Guyana. These applications are…

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Major financial irregularities have been unearthed at the University of Guyana (UG), Turkeyen Campus following a financial audit conducted by experts from the University of the West Indies (UWI). In addition to the financial discrepancies, the premier tertiary educational institution has incurred a debt of Gy$482 million. Vice Chancellor Dr Jacob Opadeyi made these disclosures on Tuesday during a press conference at the campus. Based on the reports submitted from phases one and two of the audit, Dr Opadeyi said the university’s accounting system had collapsed over the years, creating…

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Guyana’s Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) of the housing ministry on Monday continued its housing drive with its second One Stop Shop for the year held in the ministry’s Brickdam compound. Some 85 applicants pulled their lot numbers for plots situated at Zeelugt, Phase 2, East Bank Essequibo. The 2013 one stop shops are conducted under the theme: “Live the Guyanese dream, home ownership made easier”. Applicants select their house lots, make their payment, and are issued with their allocation letter. At the end of this process, they can…

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A Linden couple checked into The Shack hotel at Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown on Wednesday morning, and just over half an hour later, the woman escaped from the room to report that her companion had tried to strangle her. Shortly after 09:00 hrs, hotel staffers accompanied the woman to Room 12, on the third floor of the edifice, the door was kicked down when the police were summoned; and the man, identified as Egerton Grant, 33, was found motionless in bed. He is believed to have ingested rat poison after…

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The Amerindian Affairs Ministry on Tuesday evening hosted a reflection and exhibition, in honour of the life and contributions of prominent Amerindians and the first indigenous parliamentarian Stephen Campbell. The ceremony, which was held at the Umana Yana, Kingston, is part of the Amerindian Heritage Month activities being held under the theme “Honouring Our Culture, Advancing Our Future”. During this tribute, Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai lauded the contributions of Campbell along with former ministers of Amerindian affairs Desrey Fox and Vibert De Souza, along with indigenous advocate Basil Rodrigues.…

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BY: LEANA BRADSHAW The level of sugar production being delivered at the Skeldon Sugar Factory indicates that the upgrade works done on the facility by Bosch Engineering “is bearing fruit”. This was the view expressed by Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy during an interview with the media on Wednesday. He highlighted that the factory is beginning to work as anticipated. Dr Ramsammy explained that the Skeldon factory has produced an impressive yield thus far, producing more than 2500 tonnes of sugar, with the second crop almost equaling the production of…

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Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall on Wednesday visited and inspected the works being done on a two-storey building in New Amsterdam, Region Six that will house an office of the director of public prosecutions (DPP) and either the land or deeds registry. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and government of Guyana funded project, is part of the Modernisation of Justice Administration System Programme. It costs US$ 20,450,005, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of September. “It is important that I emphasise that this is…

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Police are continuing their probe into the robbery/murder of Zulfikar Namdar, also called “Vicky”, 27, who was gunned down on Tuesday evening at his home in Meter- Meer-Zorg. Over the years, the members of the Namdar family have become well known for their deep and humble devotion to Islam and for making many charitable contributions to various communities on the West Coast and West Bank Demerara. The young businessman was shot to his neck and chest. This was disclosed by 17- year-old Stephen Mohamed, the shop assistant who was also…

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A four-member technical team of specialists headed by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Associate Director Dr G Rudra Narsimha Rao is in Guyana for three months to spearhead phase two of technical support to the Guyana government in the areas of climate change and energy. Among the aspects they will be looking at are; a best practice manual to promote energy management and conservation of rice mills, a technical study to improve sugar production, energy efficiency, investments in the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and demand management and gasifier technology…

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Guyana Help the Kids (GHTK), a registered Canadian charity, led by Guyanese-born doctor Narendra Singh, continues with its work in Toronto to improve neonatal care in Guyana. The charity continues to spearhead training of Guyanese pediatricians and nurses, having already invested in upgraded neonatal facilities and equipment in Guyana’s hospitals. A release from the charity noted that Dr Singh, Chief of Pediatrics at Humber River Regional Hospital, on a visit to the country of his birth four years ago, was dismayed to see the facilities and equipment that the neonatal…

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