– existing applicants to receive house lots in coming weeks Residents of Wakenaam, Region Three turned out in their numbers for the first-ever housing outreach at the island on Monday. The activity is in keeping with a commitment of His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. It was led by Minister of Housing and Water, […]
It was an explosion of craft and cuisine as the Amerindian Village at the Sophia Exhibition Centre came alive once again for the final day of the Amerindian Heritage Month, Art, Craft and Cuisine expo. Over the past three days, a number of indigenous items was on display- from headdresses, conch shells, and tibisiri furniture […]
A sum of $187.9 million was expended to train 2,166 persons in 34 skills in the first half of 2022, through the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). BIT promotes Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to satisfy the needs of the labour force in a number of sectors, specifically industrial. Programmes […]
-2022 Mid-year report The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has injected some $2 billion to expand the water supply networks across the country between January to June this year. Commendably, potable water coverage on the coast stood at 97 per cent at the end of June 2022, compared to the coverage target of 98 per […]
─ every result is an active investment – Min Manickchand Guyana has recorded improved performance in both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) for 2022. Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr. Marcel Hutson made the disclosure on Monday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary, Region Two. For CAPE, Guyana saw […]
– teachers, parents welcome full return to face-to-face sessions Teachers are prepared to go the extra mile to reintegrate students into the classroom as the new academic term commenced on Monday. This will be done to tackle the major learning loss students suffered when schools across the country were closed to face-to-face sessions due to […]
Students turned out in their numbers for the first day of the new school year on Monday. The air was filled with anticipation and eagerness as parents, students and teachers prepared to readjust to the full reopening of schools. DPI spoke with a number of parents, who expressed satisfaction at the reopening of schools […]
— additional $10M to upgrade internal roads The government will utilise some $51,193,800 to rehabilitate the main access road in Wauna, Region One (Barima- Waini) by the end of the year. The rehabilitation is a fulfilment of a commitment made to provide relief and improve the daily livelihood of residents in the Amerindian village. Public […]
Guyanese are being empowered through homeownership, as government continues to roll out its aggressive housing programme across the country. More than 50 per cent of the funds allocated in 2022, to further develop the housing sector countrywide were expended by June. The mid-year report produced by the Ministry of Finance reveals that $8.1 billion of […]
─ 2022 Mid-year report The mining and quarrying sector has an estimated growth of 64.6 per cent due to increase of output from the petroleum, bauxite and other mining industries. The Ministry of Finance’s 2022 mid-year report disclosed that Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh had reenacted the Fiscal Enactment Amendment Bill No. 2 seeking to give […]