Seventeen acres of land are being developed in Mabaruma Township, Region One (Barima-Waini), to create approximately 90 residential lots. This initiative is part of the government’s broader agenda to provide sustainable and affordable housing for Guyanese. During a site visit on Monday, President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali mentioned that the Ministry of Housing and Water […]
Guyana is set to produce all its hatching eggs within the next two years as the poultry industry continues to advance. This announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha during the launch of a new high-yielding rice variety at Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara on Monday. According to the minister, this target will […]
The community of Skull City located at Patentia, West Bank Demerara is set for a significant transformation with $91 million being invested in upgrading the mud dam into a concrete road. The upgrades are in response to residents’ concerns over the deplorable condition of the thoroughfare. During a visit to the area on Monday, the […]
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali commissioned the newly reconstructed Northwest Secondary School in the Mabaruma sub-district in Region One on Monday. The two-storey state-of-the-art facility can accommodate 575 students and includes 23 classrooms, three science laboratories, a technical drawing room, four canteens, eight washroom facilities, and two modified elevators. The previous building was destroyed by […]
Two young women from Region Five are now mini-excavator operators. The women were hired by the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) after they completed a training programme under the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). In an effort to support internal drainage works within the scheme, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, […]
Guyana’s local content legislation continues to create numerous opportunities for Guyanese involvement in the oil and gas sector, enabling more than US$2 billion in revenue generation for small and medium-sized local enterprises. This is according to President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, who has emphasised that 65 per cent of the oil and gas workforce are Guyanese, […]
A new high-yielding rice variety known as ‘GRDB 18,’ was launched on Monday by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). The new variety was launched at a rice field in Nooten Zuil, East Coast Demerara, where a trial was conducted by A. Sabastian, a farmer that owns 4.5 acres of land. At the launch, Minister […]
Grade 10 students from 12 secondary schools in six regions participated in a competition to create a business plan, explain their marketing strategy and how they would finance their project. 51 of them came out on top after submitting the most impressive business plans. Ten of them are from three secondary schools in Region Two—Anna […]
Minister Kwame McCoy, responsible for Public Affairs within the Office of the Prime Minister, has issued a strong warning against the illegal sale of land along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. This follows numerous complaints from citizens who reported paying for plots of land, but not receiving any. “If at any point in time, someone comes to […]
The gold mining sector is poised for a major uptick in production as the government sets a target of one million ounces by 2030. President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali detailed the massive progress being recorded in the sector as he addressed a special sitting of the 12th Parliament last Thursday. He announced that three […]