(Source:DPI) Senior GuySuCo officials this evening confirmed that final severance payments for Wales sugar workers will commence tomorrow, Friday, December 7th from 12noon until 6pm. Payments will be made to over 300 sugar workers following the court ruling on Wednesday, December 5th this week when High Court judge, Justice…
(Source:DPI) – Participants get hands on training during tour of Aquaculture farm at Canal #2 – Course funded by the Chinese government Fifty-six trainees who are currently participating in the Overseas Training Course on Aquaculture, in Guyana, were given a first-hand look at field operations, during a tour…
– contract agreement for 2019 signed –first shipment under new contract to commence shortly Guyana has secured its market for rice shipments to the lucrative Panamanian market with the inking of another supply contract for the period December 2018 through 2019. The value of this latest contract is US$5.2M and will…
(Source:DPI) – for coastal and hinterland regions The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) will in 2019 ramp up its production of black giant chicks for hinterland and coastal communities. According to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder the Livestock Development Authority is expected to, “…produce 24,000 chicks for coastal…
(Source:DPI) Workers severed by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) are likely to receive their severance pay by the end of this week. According to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, the workers who were severed in 2016 were prevented from receiving their severance pay because of a court action filed…
(Source:DPI) Social Scientist at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) Dr. Roche′ Mahon said today that climate forecasting is a critical element in sectoral decisions. She was speaking at the launch of the fifth National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF) hosted by the Guyana Hydrometeorological Service at the…
(Source:DPI) – facility will increase drainage coefficient in Buxton/Friendship – capacity to drain 1200 gallons of water per second – 859 households to benefit More than 5,000 residents, including some 100 farmers, will now sleep easier during the rainy season. This is as a result of a $376.9M pump station at…
(Source:DPI) – final severance paid as promised Retrenched sugar workers on Friday collected their final severance payment even as many of them have adapted to life after GuySuCo. On Friday the government kept its promise to pay out the remaining fifty percent of severance to those receiving amounts over…
