– 57,000 insecticide impregnated bed nets distributed Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony highlighted that government remains steadfast in its efforts to combat malaria in affected areas across the country. The minister emphasised that one of the ways that malaria can be eradicated is by distributing insecticide impregnated bed nets. To this end, he […]
– distribution continues in new week The Small Business Bureau (SBB) will be continuing the distribution of its small business grants in the coming week. The agency intends to distribute more than 1,400 small business grants valuing some $300 million to entrepreneurs countrywide. SBB’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Simon Pollard explained that the team […]
Guyanese will soon benefit from the electronic portal for the Single Window System, as a contract will be signed soon to facilitate this mechanism. This is a component of the government’s plan to implement a single window electronic system to improve the ease of conducting business. Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal, during remarks at […]
– in a recent economic outlook report The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has lauded the government’s policy responses to the global inflation rate, which has been above historical levels since mid-June 2021 due to the challenging global environment, driven by high energy prices and disrupted supply chains. This was revealed in a new quarterly report […]
More than 52,000 public servants, teachers, members of the disciplined services, and government pensioners received their 2022 salary increase in the last week representing payment of the eight percent retroactive salary increase announced by President Ali on November 17 last along with the substantive December salaries and pensions. Senior Minister in the Office of the […]
The Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill, Minister of Public Works, during a simple ceremony today, received the survey charts of the Demerara Channel from local consortium NRG Holdings Inc., which was represented by NRG owned Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc. partners, Nicholas Deygoo Boyer and Andron Alphonso. The consortium, which includes Hadi’s World Incorporated, ZRN Investment Inc., […]
The Mocha Arcadia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) on Friday received over 100 cleaning hampers from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC). Senior Preparedness Officer at the CDC Captain Latchman Persaud handed over the hampers to the Overseer of the Mocha Arcadia NDC, Jacqueline Delph-Agard. “This afternoon we are handing over 200 cleaning hampers following the food […]
The Small Business Bureau (SBB) has begun its final distribution of cash grants to 300 small business owners across the Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four). The exercise held at the SBB office, La Penitence, Georgetown on Friday will see the small-scale entrepreneurs receiving financial support of $150,000 to expand their operations. One of the recipients, Chandrawattie Sadiq […]
The Public Works Ministry received survey charts for the expanded Demerara River channel from RG holdings’ Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc on Friday. With the expansion of the river channel, larger vessels could now be accommodated, which will improve traffic. Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill said the project is a perfect display of the PPP/C […]
─ health ministry to pilot EMR in new year The government is determined to create a modern healthcare system for Guyana and as such, the Ministry of Health is in the process of developing legislation for electronic medical records (EMR) in Guyana. The EMR system is an electronic record of health-related information of a patient. […]