Daily Archives: 04/10/2022

GUYANA: Agriculture: 20 wheat varieties to be tested locally – Minister Mustapha

04/10/2022 – 12:09 am

Wheat field

Dep. of Public Information (DPI) – Kellon Rover – April 7, 2022

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, said Government will commence the first trial of 20 wheat varieties before the end of May, as an effort to further diversify Guyana’s food sector.

Cultivation for the initial trial phase is expected to begin at the Burma Rice Research Station, Region Five and the project will be led by scientist, Dr. Mahendra Persaud.

President Irfaan Ali recently announced government’s plan to explore the possibility of sourcing a variety of wheat for local production. The Head of State said the government is unwavering in its quest to build a Guyana that is resilient, and meets not only its national responsibility, but plays an important role in its global responsibility.            Continue reading →

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GUYANA: Govt. proposes motion to alter quorum to stymie efforts of Public Accounts Committee

04/10/2022 – 12:06 am

 – says Committee Chairman Jermaine Figueira

Jermaine Figueira

Apr 10, 2022 –Kaieteur News – The Chairman of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Jermaine Figueira has noted with great concern a motion submitted by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira to amend the Standing Orders which deals with the quorum for the PAC.

According to a statement issued by Figueira, who is also an A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Member of Parliament (MP), the proposed amendment will make way for the PAC to mimic the standing order of the Parliamentary Management Committee, which provides for five members to be a quorum of which– two members represent government, two represent the opposition and in which the speaker or deputy speaker is the Chairman.      Continue reading →

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GUYANA: OIL: Is Guyana the next Angola? Oil wealth with poverty, debt and corruption -Opinion

04/10/2022 – 12:03 am

GUYANA BEWARE:  Apr 06, 2022 – Editorial – Kaieteur News

The PPP/C Government is engaging in a huge gamble using the rich assets of this society to entrap it and endanger it.  This was the stark warning embedded in the article titled, “Guyana may not steer clear of failure with oil if fatal flaws in oil deal not corrected -Int’l Analysts” (KN April 3).  Fatal is a frightening word, and we don’t use it recklessly, for it has a world of meaning.  As we use it (fatal), our hope is that what happened to Angola does not become Guyana’s nightmare.

Since the 1990s, Angola has been the destination of the hunter-predators that are oil companies.  They went there in droves, and the names should be familiar to Guyanese because they are right here now.  America’s Exxon and France’s Total are two of the bigger names that led the charge into Angola.  From a peak of 1.9 million barrels a day, production declined to around 1.4 million barrels daily last year.

One would have thought that Angolans were rolling in prosperity, among the most well taken care of people in the world.  They are not, and now come the lessons, another cautionary tale for Guyanese.            Continue reading →

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