GAWU wants pay increase for sugar workers to be retroactive to January 2019
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wants the agreed upon pay increases for sugar workers to be retroactive to January 1, 2019...
GuySuCo grants pay increase to sugar workers
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) was today informed by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) that it approved certain pay increases to...
GAWU has little hope that Holder will ensure sugar workers get pay increase
More than three months after the president received a petition signed by over 3,500 sugar workers calling for pay increases, President David Granger has...
Fishing output in decline for a while-Govt. report
The fisheries sector plays a vital role in Guyana’s economic well-being. In fact, it is considered an important element of trade. In 2015 for...
Guyanese timber has stagnated in the last decade-Report finds
In the last decade, the performance of Guyana’s forestry sector can be described as underwhelming, to say the least. In fact, a government report...
Food safety act to be operationalised next month – Agri. Minister
In exercise of the power conferred upon him by Section 2 of the Food Safety Act, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder, has named February 3,...
Court not finding exhibits in trial of former accountant at GRDB
It seems as though the exhibits in relation to one of the trials involving former accountant of Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran...
Hope Coconut Industries no longer on the verge of bankruptcy – Agri. Minister
The Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) has a bright financial future, given that it raked in $36M in 2019. This represents a 47% increase...
DDL, farmers meet to discuss increased fruit cultivation for TOPCO expansion
Some 40 farmers who currently supply fruit to Demerara Distillers Limited’s TOPCO juice operations are ready to increase their cultivation of required fruit to...
Forestry production remained under 400,000m3 for three consecutive years
While the deforestation rates in Guyana post-2015 remain the lowest in 9 years, forestry production reflects the total opposite. In fact, yields during 2015...
