(Source:DPI) – payments follow court ruling – workers satisfied Over 300 retrenched workers from the Wales Estate on Friday turned out to receive the last of their severance payments following the court ruling on December 5, 2018. Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder during his 2019 Budget presentation had explained that…
– as GRDB debunks claims of failed germination of Seed Paddy in Region 2 The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has slammed an Inews Guyana report in which the General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association, Dharamkumar Seeraj has told the National Assembly that farmers had complained of failed…
(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…
