The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is undertaking infrastructure development in various housing schemes throughout the country, resulting in more house lot allottees gaining access to their lots. According to the Ministry of Housing and Water, the first batch of allottees in Meten-Meer-Zorg Phase One took part in a land identification exercise guided by […]
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have commenced a three-day simulation exercise on High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) to improve Guyana’s emergency response capacity to zoonotic diseases. The intense discussions which got underway Monday morning at Rayne Inn, Rahaman’s Park, East Bank Public Road, will generate […]
The remaining flock of the black belly sheep from Barbados is expected to arrive in Guyana soon. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha made the disclosure while speaking with the media on the sideline of a contract signing event on Monday at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent Street, Georgetown. “I am hoping that by the […]
The completion of the $120 million road at the old Enmore Railway Embankment marks a significant achievement under the Miscellaneous Road Programme. The road, which was constructed by contractor K.P. Jagdeo, is a testament to the government’s commitment to improving infrastructure and providing better access to transportation for the people of Guyana. It is also […]
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) will launch a consumer protection awareness drive in the downtown Stabroek Market area tomorrow (Wednesday 15th of March) and participate in a webinar hosted by the PUC as part of the Commission’s activities in observance of World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2023. Relevantly themed Messages from the Minister […]
The Ministry of Labour through its Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department is engaged in the investigation of the workplace incident which occurred at BOSAI, Linden, Upper Demerara River. On Saturday, March 11th, 2023, in the early morning hours, Mr. Neptrid Hercules, an employee of the company who was operating a CAT D9T Dozer, disappeared […]
– almost $1.3 billion for the rehabilitation of drainage catchment at Liliendaal, Ogle under World Bank-funded FRMP The Ministry of Agriculture today inked six contracts totaling some $1,793,905,190 to further develop the agriculture sector. Of the Six contracts signed, the ministry’s Agriculture Sector Development Unit signed a contract with General Engineering Supplies and Services Inc. […]
– Prime Minister, Ministers Edghill, Bharrat visit Region 10 Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill, and Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat visited Region 10 on Monday, where they were briefed by the management of BOSAI Mines and met with the family members of Neptrind Hercules, who went […]
The Men on Mission syndicate has embarked on an aggressive development agenda that will see the building of at least 50 homes in 2023. This was disclosed at a press conference on Wednesday at Base Camp Ayanganna, where the 2023 work programme was outlined, with the intention of strengthening the existing partnership between the joint […]
To advance infrastructural works in the agriculture sector, some $1.8 billion in contracts were on Monday signed at the Agriculture Ministry’s Georgetown office. These include the revetment along the Lamaha Canal, a facility for the Guyana Laboratory and Food Safety Authority at La Bonne Intention (LBI), and for the procurement of 100 tunnel houses. Also, […]