-batch of 52 new CHWs graduate from 14-week programme Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has encouraged Community Health Workers (CHWs), who graduated on Saturday, to continue advancing themselves in the area of health with the educational opportunities being provided by the PPP/C Government. Minister Anthony was delivering the feature address at a graduation ceremony […]
Over 1,000 pairs of spectacles have been distributed to residents all across Guyana under the brand new spectacles programme by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security which subject minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud has been taking to various communities recently. The new initiative complements that which is offered at the Ministry’s Difficult Circumstances Unit […]
─ $75M to be distributed in the region Some 600 farmers in Region Ten, who were affected by the unprecedented flooding, on Saturday benefitted from the Government’s flood relief grant. Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, MP, led the exercise at the Kwakwani Recreational Centre and Hururu Primary School. Farmers came out in their […]
To make the Pfizer BioNTech vaccines more accessible, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Health will be hosting a COVID-19 Vaccination drive for adolescents on Sunday, August 29, 2021. The vaccination drive which will be at the MovieTowne parking lot, East Coast Demerara (ECD) will run from 09:00h to 16:00h where […]
The Ministry of Education categorically and vehemently denies the careless and spurious statement issued by the Office of the Leader of the Opposition which attempts to bring the administration of the 2021 National Grade Six Assessment into disrepute. The mischievous statement alleges that the Minister of Education and or persons acting on her behalf breached […]
Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Carla James-Vantull says the agency has been making strides in returning the local tourism industry to normalcy. Among those steps is promoting the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign. During a recent interview with DPI, James-Vantull said the worldwide vaccination programme is being used to help restart the tourism industry. […]
For 16-year-old Shakira Campbell, learning a new skill amid the COVID-19 pandemic was better than staying at home doing “absolutely nothing.” She is among the 135 youths who graduated on Friday from the agro-processing training offered by the Board of Industrial Training’s (BIT) National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE). Speaking with DPI, Shakira said […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, MP, has said teachers will be using a consolidated curriculum which will be necessary for them to better teach students who were unable to have access to education during the pandemic. The Minister addressed the issue at a press conference on Friday. “When we closed schools, it was because COVID-19 […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony is urging parents to protect their children and safeguard their future by ensuring they are vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Anthony made the appeal during the launch of Government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme for adolescents across the country, on Thursday at the St. Stanislaus College, Brickdam, Georgetown. “This is not the […]
In an effort to reduce learning loss and facilitate a return to the classrooms, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has launched the Government’s COVID-19 immunisation campaign for children 12 to 17 years old. Addressing parents, teachers and students, on Thursday at the St. Stanislaus College, Brickdam, Education Minister, Priya […]