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Guyana’s tissue culture facility is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2025, significantly boosting plantlet production from 13,000 to one million annually. During a community engagement at the Beterverwagting Community Centre last Saturday, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha highlighted that the tissue culture facility will play a vital role in addressing the growing demand
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A thrilling match between Rangpur Riders and Guyana Amazon Warriors provided plenty of excitement in the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) with Riders pulling off a 15 run victory that saw them leapfrog Hampshire Hawks in the table. Riders captain Nurul Hasan won the toss and elected to bat first, a decision that looked
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From January to October 2024, visitor arrivals rose by 15 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 totalling close to 300,000 visitors, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond reported on Wednesday. At a year-end press briefing at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, she noted a substantial increase in visitors’ arrival.
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Local fish researcher Devya Hemraj couldn’t be more excited to reveal her findings from a recently conducted expedition which revealed a whopping 15 new confirmed species of the 160 fresh water fishes that were found. Hemraj is a passionate member of the fish team that conducted Rapid Biodiversity Inventory in the Acarai-Corentyne Corridor recently, located
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Pooran Singh, the 52-year-old businessman who was arrested after fatally shooting a man he claimed was attempting to steal from his property, was placed on $1 million station bail Wednesday afternoon. Police Headquarters, in a statement, said the file on Singh’s matter has also been sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
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More than 720 new small businesses were started up in Regions Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) and Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) in 2024. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Waldron disclosed this on Wednesday when she held an end-of-year press conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, at Liliendaal, Georgetown. The press conference was called
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Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has extended heartfelt congratulations to Daniel Best on his election as the new President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). In a statement issued following the announcement, Dr. Singh praised Best’s long and successful career at the CDB, noting his deep understanding of the Caribbean’s development
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A 52-year-old businessman, identified as Pooran Singh, also known as Navin, was taken into custody after fatally shooting a man he claimed was attempting to steal from his property early on Sunday, December 1. The incident occurred around 02:30 hrs shortly before Singh visited the Vigilance Police Station to report that he had discharged his
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Greg Barclay’s last act as chairman of the International Cricket Council was to ring the bell to signal the start of play on day three of the Christchurch Test. Now, sitting in the Sir Richard Hadlee indoor school at the Hagley Oval, he is sounding an alarm of a different sort, highlighting the biggest issues
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West Indies bowlers, Jayden Seales and Kevin Sinclair have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in their recently concluded second Test match against Bangladesh. Seales has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee after being found to have breached article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and
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