The fostering of youth development across the country is a key objective of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) recently re-established community relations department. The department will target schools and communities where youths and young adults exhibit violent deviant behaviours through responsible preventative policing strategies, utilising proactive and reactive law enforcement, training and community engagements. Under […]
Some 1,302 children between the ages of five to eleven took the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, since the jab was made available in Guyana last week. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., said the ministry is collaborating with the Ministry of Education to get children, especially those in hinterland regions, vaccinated […]
Local health authorities are preparing to address any possible case of Monkey Pox in Guyana, Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony said as he gave a global approximation of infected people. “It’s about 1,900 cases that were found globally, and if you look at those numbers and the world’s population is a relatively small amount […]
Zulfikar Mustapha, Agriculture Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, affirmed his country’s support during an official visit to IICA headquarters, describing the proposal as innovative in bringing countries together, working as a team and collaborating with food security in the region. Zulfikar Mustapha, the Guyanese Minister of Agriculture, guaranteed his country’s support for the […]
Minister of Public Works, Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill, says Government is doing all that is required to create that enabling investor-friendly environment for both local and international investors. On Sunday, the minister commissioned a Prestressed Concrete Plant at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara, the latest addition to S. Jagmohan Construction and General Supplies, a […]
The Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali- led administration is looking to transform the Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) into a focal point for vocational training, with the establishment of a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centre. “I want the Ministry of Education to come here and do an assessment so that we can do a full fledged […]
Women are being encouraged to participate in more non-traditional training programmes offered by the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT). Labour Minister, Joseph Hamilton, M.P, is pushing to ensure women are participating in the free technical programmes being offered by BIT. To this end, it has reduced the number of cosmetology programmes being […]
Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has made it clear that there is no vaccine requirement for children to benefit from the government’s ‘Because We Care’ or school uniform grants. The Vice President who was responding to a concern raised by a Paradise, Region Five resident on Saturday during a meeting at the Community Centre Ground, […]
Persons living with Hepatitis C will soon have their treatment fully funded by the Government of Guyana as the Ministry of Health partners with the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) to ensure treatment is provided. Speaking at a mini health fair recently, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony acknowledged the challenges experienced by persons living […]
His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali committed to addressing the core issues, including flooding, that the communities in South and North Ruimveldt face. President Ali made the pronouncement during an impromptu visit to south Georgetown today. The President told residents that he wanted to “engage the communities on a few things and one is flooding”. He […]