Farmers of the Buxton/Friendship, East Coast Demerara will soon benefit from much-needed upgrades to their communities’ drainage and irrigation system. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, MP, made this disclosure during a recent visit there. Over the past few months, the Minister has been engaging farmers’ groups in a bid to resuscitate and develop the villages […]
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), The Honourable Mark Phillips has said that the reintroduction of the “Because We Care” cash grant programme is a testament to the Government’s commitment to education development and to its ability to deliver on its promises. The Senior Government Official launched the distribution process for the grant today in Kwakwani, Upper Demerara […]
Parents and teachers across Region Three have expressed their gratitude to the Government for the reintroduction of the ‘Because We Care’ and the School Uniform and Supplies cash grants, which will see every child in the public school system receiving $19,000. On Monday, DPI spoke to several beneficiaries at the Zeeburg Secondary, Vergenoegen Secondary, Meten-Meer-Zorg […]
GOING BLUE FOR WORLD DROWNING PREVENTION DAY Message from the Minister of Health- Dr. Frank Anthony On April 28, 2021, the UN declared Sunday, July 25, as World Drowning Prevention Day. On July 25, Guyana joins countries around the world to observe the first World Drowning Prevention Day. Although most Guyanese and citizens across the […]
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill MP says some $30 million will be released to begin the first phase of the waterfront enhancement project at Wismar and Mackenzie in Linden, Region Ten. On Friday, the Minister engaged several stakeholders at the Watooka Guest House to identify works that could be undertaken to modernise the […]
-Min. Dharamlall visits Region 7 projects Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall MP, on Saturday visited several project sites in Bartica as part of the Government’s commitment to improve people’s lives and the communities countrywide. The Local Government Minister first visited the road construction project at Agatash, an Amerindian village a few […]
Annmarie Allicock, a mother of five residing at 58 Mile, Region 10 was one of the first to benefit from the Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant which was taken to several communities along the Linden/Lethem trail on Friday. Allicock received grants totaling $95,000 for her nursery and primary aged children. She said she will […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony MP says a specialised vaccination campaign may have to be undertaken in some parts of Barima -Waini (Region One), where the language barrier is a challenge. Minister Anthony made the disclosure during a visit to Mabaruma on Friday, when he stopped in at the COVID-19 vaccination site in the […]
The PPP/C Government came in for high praises on Friday, as Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill MP spearheaded the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant programme distribution at the St. Aidan’s Primary School, Region 10. The exercise saw parents of students from the St. Aidan’s and Christianburg Primary schools receiving their $19,000 cash, which […]
– as Gov’t continues roll out of ‘Because We Care’ More than $9 million was today distributed to the parents and guardians of 531 children in three villages along the Demerara River in Region 10, as the Government continued the roll out of the ‘Because We Care’ and School Uniform and Supplies cash grants. Minister […]