– 2021 Mid-Year Report reveals The Ministry of Finance’s Mid-Year Report for 2021 has indicated that Guyana recorded real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.5 percent while non-oil GDP grew by 4.8 percent, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and even the devastating floods experienced in May-June. Due to the unprecedented floods which […]
Following the death of the 13-year-old teenager from Kamwatta, Moruca, Region One (Barima-Waini) on October 04, a high-level team from the Ministry of Health (MOH) was dispatched to investigate the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding his death. A post-mortem was performed by a medical team led by Dr. Nehaul Singh, Guyana’s Senior Pathologist […]
-in keeping with sustainable forest management policies Guyana’s forests cover approximately 87 percent of the country’s total surface area with low deforestation rates. As part of the Government’s policy of maintaining sustainable forest management; a diverse group of stakeholders from government agencies, forest sector operators, indigenous non-governmental organisations, environmental non-governmental organisations, civil society, including women, […]
In an effort to improve food safety standards in Guyana, the National Codex Community (NCC) has launched its Codex Trust Fund Project, to promote food safety standards, complementing healthier food consumption. The initiative, was launched on Wednesday, at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina street, Georgetown. Advisor to the Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, said […]
With the focus on building stronger and stable families, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has launched a parenting skills programme to assist parents to have a little more stability. Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud made the disclosure on the sidelines of the distribution of the $25,000 one-off cash grant for pensioners at the […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, MP has committed to assisting loggers in Orealla and Siparuta, in Region Six to increase their production. This comes on the heels of requests by residents during meetings in the two riverine Amerindian communities on Tuesday. The minister said access to land for logging is something that has been […]
The PPP/C Government is focusing on rebuilding the agriculture sector in the hinterland, after the unprecedented countrywide flooding that devastated parts of the country. The Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali-led administration has crafted a plan to revive the sector, part of which is the delivery of tractors to villages, equipping them to improve the agriculture sector. […]
The Ministry of Agriculture welcomes the mechanisms that were recently announced by Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, relating to the government’s ongoing flood relief distribution initiative. This process will enable officials at the Ministry to identify inadequacies that may have taken place during the assessment period. Over the next month, the Ministry hopes to capture […]
– Tells UNCTAD that developing nations asking for fair treatment and not hand-outs His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said there is no need to create a new developmental pathway since the focus should be placed on fixing weaknesses and strengthening the existing system. President Ali also said that developing nations are not asking for hand-outs […]
Minister of Public Works, Hon. Juan Edghill, on 4th October 2021, led the team of Directors from the Boards of the Canawaima Management Company and the Canawaima Ferry Service Inc. for a joint meeting with their Surinamese counterparts to discuss the operations of the ferry plying the Moleson Creek-South Drain route. The Surinamese delegation was […]