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Barama Company Limited has imported a quantity of plywood to meet the demand on the local market for at least two months. The first shipment of about 562 crates of plywood arrived at the Barama jetty last Saturday. The decision to import the high- demand commodity follows the closure of the company’s plywood factory in October.  Barama said it is making every effort to supply plywood at a lower price to local distributors, and has applied for exemption of import duty and Value Added Tax to minimise cost. However, several…

Despite ‘hostile’ weather conditions and other constraints during this year, the rice industry has ‘weathered the storm’ and will still gain record increase in production and exports. While a significant number of farmers across the industry are still owed large sums of money for paddy, the impact of disrupted operations of Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) on the entire industry has been minimal. This is according to General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (GRPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj. MRL, one of the largest players in the industry, has operated at limited…

President Bharrat Jagdeo has recently commissioned the new Port Mourant market, which was constructed at a cost of G$102 million through a joint initiative of the government, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). President Bharrat Jagdeo issued a plea for stallholders, consumers and other stakeholders to take pride in caring the facility. “You see how beautiful it (the market) looks? … I hope that this continues. There should be pride in your surroundings. Make it look like something that is worthy not of where…

By Natasha Waldron Anthony Several Guyanese residing in the Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States have presented awards of appreciation to Guyana’s ambassador to the U.S., Bayney Karran, and his wife Donna Karran. The presentations were done last Saturday at the embassy in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C. Joy Ford Austin told Guyana Times International that she and a few friends — Paul Tennassee, Pat Bone, Errol Arthur, Dennis Wiggins and Sarojini Ford —  recognizing the continued efforts the ambassador and his wife are making to foster greater cohesion…

Construction of the multi-million-dollar pump station at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara has been moving apace, after some initial delays and disappointments. Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud is hoping that the structure would be ready for use during the current La Niña weather phenomenon. With a drainage capacity of 240 cubic feet per second, the soon-to-be completed station will drain some 4,800 acres of land in the Bee Hive-Ann’s Grove-Clonbrook and contiguous areas. Currently, the two pumps at Greenfield drain 80 cubic feet per second. The new station is being built at…

By Natasha Waldron Anthony Cheryl Mercurius, 54, is both shocked and angry at the brutal killing of her husband, Aubrey Mercurius last Monday in Brooklyn New York. Mercurius, 53, formerly of Bagotsville, West Demerara, Guyana, died after being shot once in the chest at around 12:30am at his 912 Saratoga Avenue apartment. In an interview with Guyana Times International, Mrs. Mercurius described her husband’s killing as “fuzzy, as he got hurt right there in the apartment.”  Reports are that Mercurius and a few friends were drinking just before the incident…

Diplomas and certificates were on Saturday conferred to hundreds of students, who graduated from the Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE). Speaking at the institute’s 34th graduating ceremony, Director of IDCE, Dr Ramesh Sharma, said that the institution has made significant strides over the years to improve the levels of literacy nationally. He said that this effort has not gone in vain as, year by year, students continue to graduate from the institute and move on to higher learning institutions nationally, regionally and internationally. The introduction of Information Communication…