Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder charged the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), Guyana Livestock and Development Agency (GLDA) and National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), to find adequate solutions for the plight of farmers in the Victoria/Belfield area. In a visit to the area today, Minister Holder listened…
Retrenched GuySuCo workers who are interested in moving into other fields are now being offered the option of computer training at Global Technology. Minister Holder had a meeting with persons from Global Technology to discuss ways in which the entity can play a role in assisting retrenched GuySuCo workers as…
Workers made redundant by the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) re-organisation will soon begin contractual work with the corporation. Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Paul Bhim told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the restructured GuySuCO is soon to engage some of the redundant workers on…
Following a pilot project, between PROPEL and the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), that realised the successful cultivation of onions in Hopetown Village on the West Coast of Berbice (WCB), a current research project is being conducted at Fort Wellington, also on the WCB, by two students from…
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Cooperation (GuySuCo), Paul Bhim, told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that all employees that were affected by the corporation’s re-organisation have received severance pay. “About 3,700 employees were issued with severance letters and the government had approved the partial payment of…
The three sugar estates that have been allowed to continue operating can still do much for the economy, Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Dr. Clive Thomas has said. The corporation’s game plan is to continue the production of sugar in the three estates, seeking to make them competitive;…
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Nigel Cumberbatch in an exclusive interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI) said the agency has partnered with several agencies to improve the quality of staff at the livestock agency. “We presently have started a number of training programs….
With government working steadfast to secure additional and larger markets for Guyana’s produce, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) recorded a 25% increase in non-traditional exports for 2017. This was announced by GMC’s General Manager, Mrs. Ida Sealey-Adams, who stated that the non-traditional exports which totaled 12, 684 metric tonnes, valued…
