August 2024

Frustrated with the opposition-controlled Georgetown Mayor and City Council’s management of city markets, President Dr. Irfaan Ali and the central government have stepped in to tackle several concerns raised by vendors and shoppers. One week after his visit to the Stabroek Market, President Ali made an early morning visit to Bourda Market on Wednesday, engaging
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As the Government of Guyana continues in its efforts to improve and increase rice production across the country, farmers in all rice-growing regions will soon benefit from free drone technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture through the GRDB hosted a closing ceremony for its Enhancing Precision Farming Practices
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Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is already surpassing its half-year target for 2024 due to the steadfast implementation of additional strategies and programmes within the Ministry of Agriculture. This was revealed on Tuesday by Minister Zulfikar Mustapha. During the first quarter of this year, the GRDB reported that over 360,000 metric tonnes of rice have
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Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual Olympic gold medals in the same event with victory in the 130kg Greco-Roman category. Lopez, who turns 42 in two weeks, defeated Chile’s Yasmani Acosta to take the record outright. He previously held the title jointly with four-time successive winners Carl Lewis
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Boxer Imane Khelif will fight for an Olympic gold medal on Friday after putting aside the row surrounding her eligibility to comprehensively win her semi-final against Janjaem Suwannapheng in Paris. The Algerian welterweight is one of two boxers competing in Paris despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA)
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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Khali Pareshram, who was the Commander of Region 4’C’ is now the new head of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Strategic Planning Unit. The Force in a statement issued on Tuesday said the move forms part of recent changes in its command structure. The changes, the force noted, are meant to
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The inaugural President Games, initiated by President Dr. Irfaan Ali, will be held this weekend at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. Teams will be vying for the One Guyana trophy. The two-day event, organized and funded by the government of Guyana through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, will see athletes from six
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A rivalry that started with intensity in a one-off Test in 1992 has fizzled out into a one-sided affair with South Africa victorious in 22 out of 32 matches against West Indies, and vanquished in just three. They have never lost a Test series (the emphasis being on multiple matches in a tour) to West
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