Government’s commitment to ensuring that all Guyanese benefit equally from the opportunities that will become available as the country continues to develop has been reaffirmed by Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues. The minister was on Thursday evening addressing residents of Region Two, who gathered at Damon Square for a prayer […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Friday, paid a visit to the Iring Integrated Farm Inc. and Santa Fe Farm, located in the South Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). Iring Integrated Farm Inc., which stretches some 24,000 acres, and Santa Fe, which measures some 10,000 acres, have completed over 10,000 acres of land […]
With the June 12, 2023, Local Government Elections quickly approaching, political parties, independent groups, and individuals contesting the much-anticipated elections signed the Ethnic Relations Commission’s (ERC) Code of Conduct, Saturday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC). Executive Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Zulfikar Mustapha, MP, Shazam Ally of The Citizen Initiative, and Mark […]
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to fulfilling all the needs of the victims and relatives affected by the fire that destroyed the girl’s dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School that claimed the lives of 19 children. We express our deepest sympathies to the families who lost loved ones in this disaster. A tragedy […]
Rupununi, Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) is home to Guyana’s largest tourism circuit, and revenue from tourism accounts for a large part of the local economy there. Since 2015, visitors to Lethem and surrounding areas have been able to access the Ariwa Beach Resort, located on the Guyana side of the Takutu River which […]
Eighty-one (81) allottees of Tract CHPA, Lethem, Region Nine, commonly known as Poke Bridge received their Certificates of Title on Friday. This represents the first set of allottees in the area who have received their ownership documents and follows a title processing exercise held last week. The titles were presented by the Minister of Housing […]
At 12.30 PM on Friday, the Government of Guyana (GOG) obtained the DNA results matching the names of 13 bodies from the Mahdia fire tragedy that were previously not visually identified. The GOG is in a position now to release these bodies to the families of the deceased for funeral arrangements. DNA analyses were conducted […]
─ Says support will be long-term Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips Friday said survivors of the recent Mahdia fire and their families are currently undergoing counselling, spearheaded by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security. Providing an update on the situation, PM Phillips pointed out that the therapy is long-term and aims to […]
Persons residing in the hinterland regions are set to benefit from an additional 2,000 job opportunities, with the introduction of the government’s part-time jobs initiative there. The programme, which was launched in several coastal regions in 2022, is already being rolled out in Region One (Barima – Waini) and Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni – Mazaruni). […]
As Guyana continues to expand its health services, the Ministry of Health is working towards acquiring more speech therapists and audiologists in the country. This was revealed by Speech and Language Therapist, Sonia Fredericks, during a recent interview, posted on the ministry’s Facebook page. With May being celebrated as ‘Better Hearing and Speech Month’ Fredericks […]