Bacchus farms operating in Richland Park will be exporting new dasheen cultivars to the United Kingdom. On Monday 31st of October, 2022 Extension and Advisory Services personnel along with the Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, visited the farm of Kenroy Bacchus located at Bahamian in the Richland Park Mountains. The purpose of the visit was to assess post-harvest handling procedures and yield per acre of the two new dasheen cultivars: Somoana (green petiole) and IND512 (red petiole) to be exported to the UK.
Hydromet predicts ‘wetter than usual’ weather for next three months. Wetter than usual weather forecast for Guyana till January. The Hydrometeorological Service has forecast wetter than usual rainfall conditions across all regions of Guyana from November 2022 to January 2023. “The usual secondary rainfall season will be augmented by persistent La Nina conditions during the season. Rainfall is expected to increase considerably from mid-November and continue at least to January 2023,” the Met Service said.
Independence Message from US Youth Ambassador for St Vincent and the Grenadines. On the 27th day of October, our nation celebrates its 43rd anniversary of Independence. While it is quite evident that tremendous growth has taken place over the years, what stands out most today is the resilience of our people.
Rishi Sunak becoming Britain’s prime minister is a “Barak Obama moment” for people of Indian descent in the UK, the president of the Hindu temple in the UK co-founded by Sunak’s grandparents in 1971 told CNN.
Saint Vincent makes donation to Cuban victims of Hurricane Ian. On Sunday, it was reported that the Cuba Solidarity Movement in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines delivered a donation of $10,000 for the restoration of damage caused by Hurricane Ian in Cuba. Ambassador Jose M. Leyva of Cuba received the check from Coordinator Bernard Hamilton in the presence of members of the organisation, the Juan Almeida Association of Cuban Residents, and government officials.
Lifetime achievement award for Chiqui Vicioso, leading Dominican Republic author. The Anticanon Project (Proyecto Anticanon), dedicated to promoting the literary works and women writers of the Dominican Republic, presented its first Anticanon Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Women to Sherezada Chiqui Vicioso, on October 22, 2022.
OECS Statement on Self-Governance and Reform in the British Virgin Islands. At the 72nd Meeting of the OECS Authority, the Heads of Government and Political Representatives discussed the progress of reform in the British Virgin Islands. The Authority:
On Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 between 12:30hrs and 14:00hrs, two Assistant Superintendants, a Detective Corporal and a party of police ranks carried out a raid exercise at Stabroek Market, Georgetown.
Oil arrives in St Vincent and the Grenadines from Venezuela under Petrocaribe. On Saturday morning, the MV Inmaculada, a cargo ship carrying 23,000 barrels of oil from Venezuela, landed at Lowmans Bay, St. Vincent. This is the first supply of petrol to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under the amended PetroCaribe Agreement which now offers a 35% discount on fuel prices for ALBA member nations.
Guyana: Close to 500 million in marijuana found at farm. Last Friday, hundreds of marijuana plants were discovered on a farm in Guyana as a result of a drug eradication operation at DeVeldt Savannah on the Berbice River. One marijuana farm, two camps, and two drying places were discovered throughout the exercise.