– Close to 1,500 set to benefit from two-day distribution exercise Approximately $127 million in flood-relief grants will be distributed to farmers from several villages in Region One (Barima-Waini) who were affected by flooding earlier in the year. Ministers of Agriculture, Local Government and Regional Development and Housing and Water, Honourable Zulfikar Mustapha, Honourable Nigel […]
Some forty (40) residents of Charity, Anna Regina and Suddie, Region Two, received on the spot house lots during an outreach conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Water on Friday. The activity, which was led by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves, was aimed at […]
As part of celebrating Tourism Month 2021, the government has embarked on numerous projects, one such being the construction and launch of eco-lodges across the country. Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Mr. Kamrul Baksh, while launching Doe Park’s eco-lodge in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), said the Government’s plan for investments in the tourism […]
Through the government’s input and intervention in various projects started by villagers of Moraikobai in Region Five (Mahaica Berbice), a new path has been created for development and opportunities especially for the younger population in the village. Toshao, Mr. Derrick John said the village was able to complete many projects with positive responses from the […]
Guyana is targeting 2023 as the commissioning year for its very first on-grid solar farm. According to the recently launched and expanded Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, the farm will have a total capacity of 10 megawatts-peak (MWp). “This solar PV [photovoltaic] farm will generate one percent of the total energy demand in [Demerara […]
-Education Ministry sets up Migrant Support Unit to assist more children Emily Vaamonde – Beria copped 515 marks at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) emerging as the top student at the Crane Primary School located on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD). She earned a place at Queen’s College which she has always […]
-Warns about profiteering with Gov’t subsidies His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali yesterday reminded Guyanese about the menu of measures his Government has already put in place to offset the impact of the global supply chain issues while promising to do more to improve the cost of living. The Head of State, who recently returned […]
The Honourable Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperationparticipated in the 51st Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of AmericanStates (OAS), which was held from November 10 to 12, 2021, under the theme “Towards Renewalin the Americas.” During the plenary, Minister Todd delivered remarks during which he alluded to […]
His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali today outlined the government’s statistics-based crime-fighting strategy during a live Facebook statement. Just out of meeting with his Cabinet, the President said of the issue concerning many Guyanese, that though statistics show crime has decreased from last year, the government is devoting a comprehensive effort to tackle it. “One […]
