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5,000 tonnes of rice per month to be shipped

GUYANA is positioned to become the most important player in the rice market of Panama, according to Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, following the inking of a deal that will see Guyana supplying 5,000 tonnes of rice to Panama on a monthly basis, beginning from September.

At a press briefing yesterday at the Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) head office, Kingston Georgetown, he explained that Panama’s rice imports currently stand at 150,000 tonnes annually, an addition to their
own rice production.

(CNN) -- Jim Jeffords, who shifted the balance of power in the Senate when he bolted from the Republican Party in 2001, died on Monday.
The former Vermont lawmaker had been in declining health and died at a military retirement center in Washington, according to a one-time aide, Diane Derby.
He was 80.
Jeffords was a veteran member of the House before moving to the Senate in 1989, where he was one of the most liberal Republicans. Jeffords embraced issues like education and the environment.
Years later, many in the party believed he single-handedly sank a sweeping tax cut package proposed by then-President George W. Bush, forcing the White House to negotiate a smaller deal with Democrats.
Political tensions boiled over and Jeffords became an independent in 2001 and caucused with Democrats. The drastic step shifted Senate control to Democrats. He left the Senate in 2007.
President Barack Obama said in a statement that Jeffords never lost the "fiercely independent spirit that made Vermonters, and people across America, trust and respect him" and that he "voted his principles, even if it sometimes meant taking a lonely or unpopular stance."

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has benefited from over $1 billion donated by the Chinese military as part of a non-lethal military aid package.
Heads of the GDF and Chinese military met to conduct the annual bilateral staff conference and as part of the conference, the two armies signed a military-aid package from which the GDF will be benefiting from more than G$1 billion dollars (30,000,000 Renminbi (RMB) to assist in enhancing the service of the local Army.
The package was signed by GDF Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips and Major General Kong Li, of the People’s Liberation Amy at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, on Tuesday.
According to the Chief-of-Staff, since 1970, the Chinese Army has been providing military assistance to the GDF. He noted that the ties between the two countries have been consolidated with frequent cooperation in political, economic, diplomatic and cultural affairs.

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