─ residents to get land titles, relocation for waterfront occupants Residents of Kwakwani, Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) will finally be able to access ownership documents for the lands they have been occupying for years, by the first quarter of 2023. This assurance was given by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal who led an […]
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has so far received several reports of flooding and other hazard impacts across the nation. Due to the current inclement weather in some parts of the country residents have reported impacts of varying significance. Fyrish Village, Corentyne, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region 6) One resident on Tuesday evening suffered property damage to […]
– small-scale Linden farmers to be given priority- Min. Mustapha The Ministry of Agriculture is working to change the perception of Linden, Region 10 from just a mining community to an agriculture destination, as the government commits to advancing the diversification of the agriculture sector. The government passed the Industrial Hemp Act in August this year, […]
PPP/C Member of Parliament and Attorney-at-law, Sanjeev Datadin has called out the APNU+AFC for failing to adequately represent its constituencies in the National Assembly. This follows the opposition’s exit from the 50th sitting of the National Assembly on Monday with important pieces of legislation to be debated. Among the legislation was the Constitutional Reform Commission […]
Forty-one Women in Bartica, Region Seven graduated from the Board of Industrial Training’s (BIT) Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme. The graduates were trained in Solar Photovoltaic Technology, Installation, Repair, and Maintenance over three weeks. Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, emphasised the importance of creating opportunities for the advancement of women across Guyana, which were not available […]
Guyanese interested in the oil and gas industry could soon contribute to the sector as government mulls the development of an apprenticeship programme with the Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYSBI).This was revealed Friday by Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton during a meeting with Deputy General Manager of GYSBI Rabin Chandrapal and management of the shore […]
Guyanese will benefit from the expertise of some 20 specialists from the Caribbean, Australia, South Africa, Europe, the United States, and Asia when the four-day mental health and well-being conference gets underway at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre from November 15. Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, said the conference which runs until November 18, […]
Nineteen persons from across the country were on Friday appointed to serve as public notaries in the presence of Chief Magistrate (ag), Sherdell Isaacs. The appointments were made in accordance with the Public Notaries Act Cap 4:02. A public notary is an official appointed by the Office of the President to serve the public in […]
The Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts today hosted its inaugural Secondary Schools Choral Speaking Festival. Choral speaking is defined as a group of people narrating a poem or a dramatic piece. The event, which was hosted at the Theatre Guild, saw students from secondary schools from Regions Three, Four, Five Six And Georgetown […]
As promised by the Government of Guyana in relation to our gas-to-shore project and the 300 megawatt gas power plant, as soon as decisions are made, we promise to make them available to the public. The Government of Guyana, via Cabinet, today issued its no-objection to the ranking of CH4/Lindsayca as the number one ranked […]