Archive for March 29th, 2011

HAVANA (Reuters) – Former US President Jimmy Carter will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, the leader of Cuba’s Catholic Church and the island’s Jewish community during a Havana visit starting  tmorrow amid speculation he will seek the release of a jailed American aid contractor.

His public schedule was issued yesterday by the Cuban government, which invited him for his second visit to the country, the first coming in 2002.

He is the only US president, in or out of power, to ...

Jamaica Information Service) The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) proposed Maggotty hydroelectric power plant in St Elizabeth is projected to employ some 200 persons during the construction phase, according to the company’s President, Damian Obiglio.

Obiglio, who addressed a community meeting held at Maggotty High School in the parish on March 24, outlined that the 6.3 megawatt plant to be constructed at a cost of US$26 million, will employ between 150 to 200 workers over two years, commencing in early 2012.

“We have ...

With a view to ensuring that Guyana improves its access to the Jamaica market, and at the same time reduce the delays and other related issues of the rice trade, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Friday led a delegation from Guyana to meet with Jamaican Minister of Investment, Industry and Commerce, Carl Samuda, and other key stakeholders of Jamaica. This is according to a press release from the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday. The first meeting was held among the two ministers, ...

-but yields are higher and target could still be met, Seeraj
General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (RPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, told the Guyana Chronicle in an invited comment, that the situation with regard to rice is critical in Regions Two (Pomeroon/ Supenaam), Three (Essequibo Islands/ West Demerara) and Four (Demerara/ Mahaica). Regions Five (Mahaica/ Berbice) and Six (East Berbice/ Corentyne) are affected to a lesser extent, since farmers there planted their fields later than the other regions and these ...