Archive for May 12th, 2011

The minister said that axing of the thousands of public sector workers is now left to permanent secretaries and technocrats in the various ministries and agencies.

Vaz said the PSTU will be getting into the details in the coming days as they hold their own briefing to clarify some of the issues. The minister made it clear, however, that the PSTU will continue to act as an oversight body to see that the recommendations are implemented accordingly and will ...

THE GUYANA rice industry has once again been greeted with good news as yet another export deal has beenclinched with Venezuela worth some US$48M, making it the third such consecutive agreement with our eastern Spanish-speaking neighbour.
Under the agreement Guyana is expected to export 30,000 tonnes of white rice and 50,000 tonnes of paddy at US$800 and US$480 per metric tonne, respectively, while making greater strides in improving its share in the Venezuela market.
This certainly is a big boost for ...