Farmers and other large-scale farming companies were advised to plan ahead as an unusual weather forecast was predicted for the May-June period. This was disclosed on Tuesday during the 14th National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF) by Climatologist of the Hydrometeorological Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Komal Dhiram. The forum, which aims to raise awareness of key […]
Vendors will continue to ply their trade along Regent Street, Georgetown in a clean and structured manner as it is a policy of the People’s Progressive Party /Civic government that all Guyanese have the opportunity to make a living. This was on Tuesday reaffirmed by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall who […]
On Tuesday, 1,450 students graduated from the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Level 6 offered under the Get Ready for Opportunity to Work (G.R.O.W) programme through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL). This included 568 students from the 2021/2022 cohort and 882 students from the 2022/2023 cohort. During the graduation ceremony hosted at […]
The Honourable Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C, M.P, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, met with a visiting delegation from the Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) of Trinidad and Tobago and the British Virgin Islands. The delegation comprised Mr. Nigel Stoddard, Director of Acting Director of the FIU, Trinidad and Tobago, […]
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, on Monday, said the PPP/C administration remains committed to strengthening the audit office to ensure transparency, accountability, and good governance. The minister was at the time supporting a motion in the National Assembly, to increase the manning level by an additional three engineers in the Works and […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is ready to partner with the government in efforts to advance the country’s food security agenda, its president, Kester Hutson has disclosed. During a recent interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI), Hutson said, “Our members have started in the upscaling and upskilling of their resources […]
The fight against human trafficking in Guyana has taken a major step forward with the introduction of a new bill in the National Assembly. On Monday, Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, tabled the Combatting of Trafficking in Persons Bill 2023, which is designed to provide more comprehensive measures to combat […]
The ‘long overdue’ Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill of 2022 was on Monday passed in the National Assembly to improve the efficiency of court proceedings. This comes in response to the mammoth caseload on the Court of Appeal docket and the small complement of judges to dispose of matters in a timely matter. Currently, only […]
-as Government exemplifies its commitment to transparency and accountability Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on behalf of Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh On Monday in the National Assembly, tabled the Treasury Memorandum pursuant to Resolution No.46/2022 dated November 30, 2022, on the Public Accounts of Guyana for the year ended December […]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on behalf of Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Monday (in the National Assembly) presented the Concessional Loan Agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Export-Import Bank of China for the amount of Renminbi Yuan 1,384,580,867.13 or US$192 Million to finance the East Coast Demerara […]