Guyana’s remarkable transformation has once again positioned the oil-booming nation as a leader of economic progress in the Caribbean and Latin America. As outlined in the recently published World Bank Report, the Caribbean economies will accelerate to 7.1 per cent in 2024 and remain robust at 5.7 per cent in 2025. Central to this optimistic […]
Construction has commenced for 74 of the 110 contracted young professional houses in Silica City, with the project currently in its foundational stage. Silica City is located along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and is the brainchild of President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali. It is the government’s first ‘smart’ urban city that will be developed in the […]
– several other interventions planned The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is crafting a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate the Middlewalk farm-to-market access road in the Buxton community, East Coast Demerara. The announcement was made by Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha after listening to concerns raised by residents during a consultation at the Practical Instruction […]
Over 110 vulnerable Guyanese have embarked on a new chapter by becoming homeowners through the government’s Core Home Initiative. The life-changing journey was once again realised as seven additional low-income families from Haslington, Non-Pareil, Good Hope South, and Cummings Lodge Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, received the key to their new homes on Tuesday. Beneficiaries […]
Guyana’s ability to defend and monitor its maritime territories will be significantly enhanced with the addition of a new offshore patrol vessel to the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) fleet. The vessel was named the ‘GDFS Shahoud’, in honour of Colonel Michael Shahoud, who was among the five Guyana Defence Force officers who perished in a […]
Approximately US$1 million has been approved by the United States Embassy for the maintenance of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard’s vessels, along with ongoing training provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. This is according to the United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, who was speaking during the commissioning ceremony for the GDFS Shahoud, […]
– more than 45 drainage infrastructure assets to be repaired, replaced Approximately 320,000 persons, roughly 40 per cent of Guyana’s population, are set to benefit from improved drainage infrastructure, through a US$45 million project approved by the World Bank. This new Coastal Adaptation and Resilience Project will enhance flood risk management efforts. In a release […]
Moving from one step to the other, and closer to home ownership, residents along the SoesdykeLinden Highway remain grateful for the government’s interventions into their well-being. After being allocated a lease and then issued land, the government through the Ministry of Housing and Water on Tuesday hosted a face-to-face engagement between the residents and various […]
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy engaged residents of Circuitville along the SoesdykeLinden Highway and Timehri North, on the government’s highway developmental plan. The engagement was aimed at ensuring that the residents know what will be done to propel the country’s infrastructure and what will result […]
