KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 26, 2024 - - In a controversial move poised to reshape Jamaica's agricultural landscape, Finance and Public Service Minister, Dr. Nigel Clarke,during the 2024/25 Budget Debate, announced the government's decision to lift the General Consumption Tax (GCT) on all imported raw foodstuffs, including fruits and vegetables.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 25, 2024 - Value-added agriculture is a term that signals the need for innovative approaches to traditional nutraceutical and non-food crops, including turmeric, a spice that naturally...
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, MARCH 24, 2024 - The declaration by Venezuela that Essequibo is now its new state, following up on the country’s referendum in December, whilst it comes as no...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 20, 2024 - The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has a moral and legal obligation to stand by the nation’s public school teachers and all society.
KINGSTON, Jamaica March 17, 2024 - Recently, announcing plans for municipal elections, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, not for the first time, stridently declared: "When I say that I love the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 15, 2024 - The struggle that threatens teachers threatens all workers and risks creating precedence that can change the face of the trade unions and workers’ rights...
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, March 16, 2024- TBD - In the wake of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council's recent decision in the Adijah Palmer, also known as Vybez Kartel,...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2024 - The roots of wars and conflicts are intricate, encompassing a myriad of factors; nonetheless, ideological and philosophical disparities have played a substantial role in...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 12, 2024 - Bharrat Jagdeo is either losing his marbles or desperate to contain Guyanese. Sunday at Babu Jaan on the occasion of the death anniversary of...
We must be unafraid to call a spade a spade. In oil-rich Guyana and the world’s fastest growing economy, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is openly pursuing economic injustice against...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 8, 2024 - Some occurrences can be confusing if one were to take them at face value. At the start of the fifth week the teachers were...
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With effect from March 1, 2024 GECOM has produced an Official List of Electors. The list is made up of 706,439 voters. As some of us have projected, with...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 4, 2024 – In the face of criticism from one Keston Perry, who questioned the progressivism of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley's leadership, citing concerns over neoliberal...