In commemorating Guyana’s 58th Independence Anniversary, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has partnered with Rainforest Tours and Guyana Beverages Inc., to launch the Independence Safari. The tour will pass through Rockstone, Bartica, Mahdia, and Karasabai, and will be held from May 23 to May 26. The safari was launched in a Friday ceremony at the […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Vickram Bharrat M.P., this week represented Guyana at the United Nations’ Forests Forum, which took place at the UN’s Headquarters in New York. There, he joined world leaders as well as ministerial counterparts and other colleagues from around the world, to call for greater urgency in global efforts to maintain […]
– shade houses to be integrated into hot meal programme Citrus production will soon be expanded in the village of Daag Point, Region Seven as the government has committed to acquiring 50 acres of land which will bring great income to the community. This was revealed by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali who led […]
– Senior Finance Minister presents several contracted loan agreements to the National Assembly This PPP/C Government recognises that responsible borrowing is an important tool for financing public sector investment and with the aim to advance its transformative development agenda, the Government today, through Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance […]– as Government continues to show commitment to transparency and accountability in the management of Guyana’s oil resources Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr. Ashni Singh today presented Notification of Receipts to the National Assembly of all petroleum revenues paid into the Natural Resource […]
The government has continued to build out agricultural initiatives all across the country to meet its 25 by 2025 objective while at the same time promoting a safer country for all. As such, to ease the manual burden of residents and fast-track agricultural development within Karrau village, Region Seven, a brand new $35 million excavator […]
The National Assembly on Thursday heard an apology from Opposition Member of Parliament, Maureen Philadelphia, after uttering untruths about the Ministry of Education in January. During the 2024 budget debates and consideration of the estimates, the APNU+AFC parliamentarian, among other things, barefacedly proffered that there were teachers no longer attending the Cyril Potter College of […]
As work advances to connect the Karpowership to supply 36 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, the government is looking to acquire an additional 30 megawatts to support generation efforts. The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, disclosed this during his weekly press conference at Freedom House on Thursday. The […]
The government Thursday morning tabled several monumental bills when the 81st sitting of the National Assembly got underway at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal. Among the bills presented to the August House was the Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committals) Bill, which provides for the abolition of preliminary inquiries and the substitution thereof with […]
-Rejects opposition’s proposed amendments to local government act Reemphasising the fact that subsidiary legislation must not contradict the Constitution of Guyana, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, rejected proposals for amendments to the Local Government Commission Act. The attorney general and other Government Members of Parliament (MPs) withheld their support […]