Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips today encouraged parents to spend their “Because We Care” cash grants on their children’s educational needs. The Senior Government official and three ministers journeyed to the sub-district of Matarkai in Barima – Waini (Region One), to commence the distribution process of the Government’s grants to parents in […]
Hundreds of parents in Region One are now benefitting from the Government ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative which has been officially launched in the Region. The exercise was led by Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips MP, along with Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall MP, Minister of Housing and Water, […]
The Government of Guyana’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative has been launched in Region Four and is widely welcomed by parents, especially those in Enmore and Paradise, East Coast Demerara. Speaking to the Department of Public Information, many parents were excited about the programme. Several of them remarked that it was timely due to […]
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar, MP, has distributed over $10 million to parents and guardians of Supply, East Bank Demerara from the Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant initiative. A total of 578 envelopes were prepared for the students in Supply, Pearl and Onderneeming, Region Four. The ‘Because We Care’ grant […]
– Minister Edghill tells beneficiaries at Friendship Many parents and guardians turned out for Government’s promised financial support, the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant, at a distribution exercise at the Friendship Secondary School, East Bank Demerara on Saturday. Several single parents were among the beneficiaries of the approximately $4.5 million grant, which was distributed from […]
-Minister Hamilton tells East Coast schools The Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant, administrated by the Ministry of Education is an investment of taxpayers’ money in the education of Guyana’s children, and the initiative would increase with successive national budgets. This was iterated by Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton MP, Saturday, during the rollout of […]
Some $209 million of the Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant was distributed to parents and guardians of children enrolled in the Soesdyke Secondary and St. Mary’s Primary schools, East Bank Demerara. Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag MP, on Saturday, said the cash grant is not the end of the PPP/C Government’s commitment to […]
– 650 roads to be built in several regions Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar MP has commissioned several roads in the Industry and Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara communities. Minister Indar opened First, Sixth, Ninth and Market Streets in Industry on Friday. R&B Investments Incorporated completed the 892 meters of […]
– Minister Mustapha Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, MP, has commissioned an agri-business development incubator, and handed over three ATVs and two refrigerated trucks to the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC). On Friday, the Minister said the investments in the agricultural sector will benefit farmers and the nation. “Investments like these will enhance not only the […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, says reports about the spoilage of a quantity of Sputnik V vaccines are false. Minister Anthony debunked these claims during Friday’s COVID-19 Update. “It’s fake news. We know that we do have some Sputnik V first dose that is available and people are getting it. But for the […]