The recently passed Mental Health Protection and Promotion Bill will make mental health services more accessible to persons in all regions of Guyana. Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony says enshrined in the law, is a series of rights for mental health patients, including access to care. “One of the things the ministry will be doing and […]
Mainstay/ Whyaka, Region Two, has been selected as the Amerindian Heritage Village to host this year’s celebrations on September 10, 2022. Heritage Day is one of the main activities on the calendar for Amerindian Heritage Month observed in September. Minister, Pauline Sukhai made the announcement at the Umana Yana on Tuesday as she revealed this […]
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips reiterated the Government’s commitment of ensuring the best possible health care for all Guyanese. During today’s recommissioning ceremony of the upgraded Leonora SMART Hospital in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), he explained that the health and wellbeing of Guyanese are high on the Government’s agenda. “As a […]
Lot one of the new Eccles to Great Diamond four-lane highway is slated for completion in time for the much-anticipated Cricket Carnival. Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal, who made the disclosure on Monday during an interview with DPI on the sidelines of the 49th Sitting of the National Assembly, said the new East […]
Guyana has received another 52,800 Pfizer injections to further accelerate its efforts to inoculate all of the nation’s children between ages 5 to 11 years old against the deadly COVID-19 virus. The donation, which is a collaboration between the United States (US) Government and the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), was handed over […]
The government will be constructing a new facility to train persons living with disabilities so that they can be employable. The facility will be named the ‘Learning Lab’. This is according to the Human Services and Social Security Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud who announced this in the National Assembly during the 49th sitting of […]
Today several agencies that form part of the Ministry of Agriculture signed 13 contracts totaling some $610 million. Representatives from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), and the Agriculture Sector Development Unit’s Sustainable Agricultural Development Project (ASDU-SADP) joined Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha in the ministry’s main boardroom for the simple […]
As the Ministry of Education continues to enhance the delivery of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), ten (10) educators are now equipped with a Diploma in Heavy-Duty Equipment Maintenance. Along with receiving a diploma, the TVET practitioners now have a journeyman certificate and a certificate that indicates satisfaction in the related field after […]
– Guyana qualified to join prestigious Egmont group Amendments to the Anti-money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act Cap 10:11, were on Monday passed in the National Assembly to ensure the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) meets the necessary requirements for Guyana to secure membership to the Egmont Group. The Egmont Group of Financial […]
– to protect the rights of the mental health patients A modern Mental Health Protection and Promotion Bill, was last evening passed in the National Assembly, prioritizing the rights of mental health patients in Guyana. This Bill repeals the Mental Health Ordinances of 1930, which is outdated and not in line with modern norms and […]