Thirty-one students from the Silver-Hill, Kairuni and Adventure communities, Soesdyke -Linden Highway have been exposed to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) following the completion of basic ICT training course through the Office of the Prime Minister. Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, MP, during the closing […]
─ call on City Council to address issue Guyana is experiencing another season of heavy and consistent rainfall. On Friday, DPI took a stroll through the nation’s capital where streets in various communities were filled with water as surrounding drains overflowed. Vendors, particularly at the Bourda Market, bemoaned the state of the area and highlighted […]
The Governments of Guyana and Ghana have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster enhanced and strengthened cooperation in the two nation’s petroleum sector. The agreement was signed on Tuesday between the Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Thomas Mbomba as part of the Ghanaian Vice President […]
–Agri. Minister assesses city’s drainage structures, calls on M&CC to better manage structures Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, along with officials from the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), today visited the sluices located at Cowan Street, Commerce Street, and Ruimveldt East (River View) to assess their operations, as several parts of the city experienced flooding […]
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat said an investigation into reports of a possible oil spill offshore Guyana, found that there has been no leakage. Speculations of an oil spill first came to the fore following video posts made by a Facebook-based news entity, which said it suspected the spill. The videos showed a substance […]
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips today reiterated his Government’s commitment to the overall development of Guyanese under its “One Guyana” policy approach. “We understand very well that it is the people who elected us into the offices that we hold and the power, therefore, belongs to them. Hence, our services are entirely […]
Chairman of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Region One, Orlando Thorne is refuting claims made by a news outlet that residents have blocked the roadway between Port Kaituma and Matthews Ridge, demanding toll fees from trucks owned by the Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI). In an interview with DPI Friday, Thorne said there was no […]
─as Human Services Ministry launches Legal Pro-bono 500 Initiative Geared at eliminating instances of gender-based violence, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security in collaboration with the Guyana Bar Association and the United Nations on Thursday, launched the Legal Pro-bono 500 Initiative. The initiative is part of the ministry’s 16 days of activism against […]
Personal Protection Equipment including over 1.5 million of medical masks amounting to Guy$77 million dollars have been donated to Guyana’s Ministry of Health COVID Prevention Programme thanks to the generosity of Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) partners, PRIMED Medical Products, GlobalMedic and CS World Cargo. CGCC Co-chair, Winston Kassim remarked “As a result of our bilateral partnership, we are contributing to Guyana’s COVID Prevention Programme, […]
-Announces massive development plans for specific areas in Georgetown His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali said that it is his Government’s vision to turn Guyana into “the number one eco-destination in this part of the region”. To ensure that the country has a competitive edge, he said there will be massive development in the tourism sector in […]