Government has extended an olive branch to the main opposition party, APNU/AFC to work in tandem with government for the development of Guyana. Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips affirmed that the government is ready and willing to work with the Leader of the Opposition, to further the expansive development agenda. He was at the […]
– CARICOM Secretary-General lauds positive discourse His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali stressed the importance of across-the-board commitments by CARICOM Member States in achieving the target of reducing food importation by 25% by the year 2025. Guyana currently holds lead responsibility for Agriculture, Agricultural Diversification and Food Security in CARICOM and is spearheading the regional body’s quest of […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C, has announced a massive, transformational legislative agenda that the PPP/C Government has set out for 2022. He made the announcement during his presentation on the final day of the national budget debate, Friday. Themed, ‘Steadfast against all challenges, resolute in building our One Guyana,’ […]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Hon. Gail Teixeira during the final day of the national budget debate on Friday, reassured citizens that the PPP/C will return Guyana to its position of a developing nation. Minister Teixeira reminded the House that Guyana is in possession of diverse resources, which will, with good governance, provide the […]
Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, M.P, on Friday, said more house lots and houses will be provided to citizens in 2022, as $12.4 billion has been earmarked for infrastructural development in housing schemes. Minister Croal was at the time making his contributions to the national budget debate at the 41st sitting of the […]
Some $4.1 billion has been budgeted for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hold Local Government Elections (LGE) this year. Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall, MP, made the announcement Friday, during his contributions to the 2022 national budget debate in the National Assembly. “We believe in democracy and we believe in […]
In all his time as President, His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has maintained that Guyana must not be allowed to make the mistakes other oil producing nations did when they saw a windfall in oil revenues. When it comes to public servants’ salaries, the government’s policy in this regard stands firm. US$607 million is […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., said Guyana continues to experience difficulties sending samples to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), to test for the Omicron variant. He said however, that the country should be able to carry out gene sequencing of COVID-19 using a recently procured machine originally bought to sequence malaria parasites […]Some 20 residents, who were squatting along Block ‘X’ Plantation Herstelling (Cane View) were relocated to Farm and Herstelling Housing Schemes, East Bank Demerara, paving the way for the construction of the Eccles to Diamond four-lane road. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, M.P, made this announcement on Friday, during his presentation on day […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., said persons with underlying illnesses like cancer are at a higher risk of contracting the severe form of the COVID-19 disease, and is again urging such persons to get vaccinated. “Despite having cancer, you need to go get vaccinated…the only thing perhaps you need to reconsider, is if […]