The state-of-the-art packaging facility coming to the Albion/Port Mourant Sugar Estate, Corentyne, Berbice, will cost $1.9 billion, and is expected to be completed by February 2024. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, who on Thursday, set the records straight in the National Assembly about the massive project, said it will further…
Over 4,000 people residing in the Mocha Arcadia community, East Bank Demerara (EBD), will soon benefit from major infrastructural development, as the Barnwell North access road is opened for tender. This was disclosed by Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag, during a meeting with residents at the Mocha Arcadia Community…
─$251.4 M contract signed to extend Tacama, Region 10 Road Approximately 30,000 acres of savannah lands will become accessible for corn, soya, and sorghum cultivation, with a $251.4 million contract being awarded to Associated Construction Services, to extend the Tacama Road, Region 10. The 25-kilometer expansion will allow the area…
President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced that beginning Thursday, July 21, the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) will be selling packaged sugar for $150 per pound and $140 per pound for bulk. The head of state on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, said, “my brothers and sisters, I have…
The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) will begin distributing over 3000 bagged and packaged sugar to wholesalers tomorrow, July 20. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha told the Department of Public Information (DPI) Tuesday evening, that the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate will provide the GMC with 1,800 bags of sugar and almost…
Several learning institutions across Guyana will benefit from government’s rapidly expanding shade house initiative, through the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI). The shade house is a design which is covered by a woven material to allow sunlight, air and moisture to flow through the gaps in the material….
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha. M.P, on Wednesday, presented his ministry’s plan and significant accomplishments to the Toshaos and other indigenous leaders, who were in attendance at the National Toshaos Council Conference (NTC), at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal. The minister said the ministry is committed to the…
Government, through the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has made available some 350 special breeds of milking cows to begin the highly anticipated diary project for single parents. The strategic move comes at a time when the PPP/C Administration continues to push aggressively to strengthen Guyana’s food safety system and…
