The Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, who is currently on an official visit to the Republic of India, has met with a ministerial team in New Delhi, to discuss matters of interest to Guyana. The high-level meeting between Guyana’s Minister of Public Works and India’s Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy, […]
The government through the Ministry of Health continues to put measures in place to ensure citizens have adequate access to vaccination, with the latest being the roll-out of the first pediatric vaccination programme for children 5-11 years old. The exercise, hosted on Saturday last, saw 153 children taking the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. […]
Residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) praised government’s commitment to infrastructural development with the recent signing of the contract for the construction of the new $52 billion Demerara River bridge. The residents told DPI on Monday that the new bridge will bring major developments to the region, and significantly cut travel time in […]
Following a series of complaints from members of the public, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Hon. Dr. Vindhya Persaud met with a number of Local Boards of Guardians (LBG) yesterday to get to the bottom of these complaints. In the meeting were Permanent Secretary, Shannielle Hossein-Outar, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Finance), Chamalee Rohee, Deputy […]
After two years of being closed, dormitories at the Cyril Potter College of Education have been reopened to accommodate students to complete their first year of studies and prepare for their second year which starts in September. On Sunday, twenty-seven year-one students from Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine arrived at the Turkeyen Campus with […]
Residents of Yarakita, Barima-Waini (Region One) are satisfied with the work of the government, as it continuously addresses issues facing residents of that region. The PPP/C Administration has been fulfilling its commitment of bringing major development to the Indigenous People living in hinterland and riverine communities. These villages lack opportunities comparable to those available on […]
The Ministry of Agriculture is currently putting safe and adequate transportation mechanisms in place for the 1000 Barbados black belly sheep, which are expected to land on Guyana’s shores within two months. Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P on Saturday, told DPI that Guyana and Barbados advanced talks on the initiative, during the minister’s recent visit to […]
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), will this year launch a digital training platform to allow students to easily access courses provided by organisation. This is according to the authority’s director (acting), Kamrul Baksh. The GTA, which is responsible for developing and promoting sustainable tourism through collaboration to maximise local socio-economic outcomes, and improve visitors’ experience, […]
Women across Guyana are taking advantage of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s – Women Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) free training programme. Since the commencement of the programme’s registration portal on June 3, 2022, a total of 6,805 applications have been received. WIIN is aiming to upskill 3,000 vulnerable women across Guyana […]
Parents of children ages 5-11 years, on Saturday took the opportunity to get their children vaccinated, as the Ministry of Health began its vaccination campaign for children in this age cohort. Guyana, on June 6 received a shipment of 52,800 doses of specially formulated Pfizer vaccines for children, ages 5-11 years old, a donation from […]