In 2023, around 400 Guyanese were provided the opportunity to pursue tertiary education through scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Public Service, with more than 50 per cent of those beneficiaries being women, especially single mothers. It is within the ministry’s mandate to provide Guyanese with an opportunity to accomplish tertiary education, especially to meet […]
– 15,366 women awarded scholarships since its rollout – Min Parag The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship programme has awarded scholarships to 15k,442 women from the ten administrative regions since its rollout in 2021 by the Ministries of Public Service and Education. The programme is being implemented to fulfilling 20,000 online scholarships over […]
Improving community roads in and around Guyana is part of the government’s overall vision of enhancing connectivity and promoting economic development. As such, the government through the Ministry of Public Works has expended some $56 billion in upgrading community roads through its miscellaneous and urban road projects. Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill said “This […]
Over 900 workplace inspections were conducted by the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department in 2023. This was revealed by Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton on Tuesday during his end-of-year press conference at the ministry head office, Georgetown. “950 inspections were done in Georgetown and across the region, that affect over 8,000 […]
The construction of the Regional Food Hub which is being built along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway will ensure Guyana reaches its goal of becoming the lead exporter of Agricultural produce. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said the initiative will further position the country to showcase its current role and capability of managing the overall agriculture sector […]
– 54 new Guyana shop corners established in 2023 A total of 130 new agro-processing products have been launched by the Ministry of Agriculture, through the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), in the year 2023. Some of the products include Taz Instant Cook-up Rice, Basara Gentle Shampoo and Nourishing Conditioner, Aunt Bago Mango Achar, Heather’s […]
Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has debunked the opposition contention that an APNU-AFC government would be able to grant citizens higher salary increases using interest earned from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF). This argument for using interest earned from the NRF was made at an opposition press conference earlier today when the opposition economic advisor […]
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has called out the propagandistic narrative being peddled by naysayers who seek to discredit the government’s efforts to bring transformational benefits to Guyana and its people. “The type of analyses that I’ve been seeing are self-created to convey a message that the transformational benefit of the investment by the government […]
Guyana’s inflation rate for 2023 is 1.9 per cent, when the global average is between 4 to 5 per cent, according to Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo. “We don’t invent laws of economics…in any part of the world, you have to assess how a government has been able to address a phenomenon, which is natural, particularly […]
– Says ‘We don’t see it as a gimmick, we made promises we have kept and intend to keep’ Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has responded to claims made by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton that the government’s plan to implement free university education is a mere “political gimmick”. Norton’s comments were made in response to President […]