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The European Union (EU) has signed a financial agreement with the Guyana government to provide an additional 18.8 million Euros (Gy$5.62 billion) this year to boost development of the local sugar industry. This forms part of the framework of the “Accompanying Measures” to changes in the EU trade regime with sugar protocol countries. As a result of the trade reform, which took effect in 2007, Guyana’s sugar is facing a 36 per cent cut in price on the European market. The EU office in Guyana announced the signing on Tuesday,…

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A fire on Sunday afternoon, May 8, ripped through Republic Avenue, Linden, completely destroying a Digicel outlet and a house, while severely damaging the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council’s office. Two persons have been rendered homeless, and the proprietor of the Digicel outlet is counting losses in the millions, with hundreds of expensive handsets having been ruined in the flames. The fire started shortly after 12: 40hrs in the upper flat of a building which is said to be owned by an individual known only as “Venus”, who resides with…

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Government is hoping to install the promised closed circuit television cameras around Georgetown by July/ August, Dr Roger Luncheon, said on Wednesday. He made the comment while addressing members of the media at his weekly post- Cabinet media briefing. Luncheon, who is also Cabinet secretary and head of the Presidential Secretariat, said the recent upsurge in criminal activities should not be used as an electoral issue during the upcoming general elections, like is the case in other Caribbean nations. Luncheon said that crime was an ongoing challenge for the administration.…

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Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, on Wednesday, May 5th, formally welcomed to Guyana the newly- installed President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr William Warren Smith. This formality was performed at the Finance Ministry. Minister Singh took the opportunity to congratulate the new president on his assuming the highest office within the bank, and he reassured Dr Smith of Guyana’s continued support for the CDB. Minister Singh also used President Smith’s visit to highlight the progress made by Guyana over the years in strengthening the domestic economy and in investing…

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– foreign ministers to update UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon Professor Norman Girvan, the Good Officer in the Guyana/Venezuela border dispute, has met for the first time with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, almost a year after a visit to Guyana. According to Venezuelan media, the foreign minister “held the first official meeting, on Wednesday, May 5th, with the UN Good Officer to identify options and advance the negotiation process to address a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela in the Essequibo territory.” The participants in the meeting agreed to hold…

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The La Niña season has passed, and as the Agriculture Ministry prepares for the upcoming May/ June rainy season, it is faced with the critical task of assessing the effects of La Niña and providing support to farmers who would have suffered losses. On Wednesday, May 4th, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has identified critical dams that were in need of grading to enable farmers to transport their paddy from the fields to the mills. Because of the flooding in some rice cultivation areas,…

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Five local producers of indigenous processed foods are in Canada to participate in the annual SIAL-11 agricultural trade show in Toronto. The exhibition, which commenced on May 8, will last until the 14. The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd said in a release that Jet’s Enterprises, Tandy’s Manufacturing Enterprises, Original Juice, Prestige Manufacturing and Bottling Enterprise, and the Kuru Kururu Farmers, Crops and Livestock Association are the businesses represented. The GMSA said these companies have been in the business of preserving, processing and bottling fruits, vegetables and other agricultural…

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