The National Assembly on Monday passed the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2022 to promote and enforce safe driving. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC emphasised the causal relationship between drunk driving and the high number of road fatalities, dubbing the bill as a timely law-making intervention to address […]
Residents of Mahdia and surrounding areas in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) will benefit from improved housing and water as part of continued development within the township. This was announced by Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal, who along with Amerindian Affairs Minister, Pauline Sukhai, led a community engagement at the Mahdia Secondary School on Sunday. During […]
-Min. Mustapha announces Farmers of West Wakoota, Dallawalla, Block 22, Rockstone Wisroc and Nottinghamshire in Linden, Region 10 will soon benefit from a host of new initiatives to help improve their lives. Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha met with the farmers on Saturday, where he learned of a number of issues affecting them. Farmers […]
As part of an ongoing commitment to provide subsidised housing for hinterland residents under the Hinterland Housing Programme, the Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) has issued a request for Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for the construction of flat two-bedroom clay-brick housing units in Lethem, Region Nine. The […]
In a demonstration of government’s commitment to reaching out to every community to foster development, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill on Saturday met with residents of Dazzle Housing Scheme in Paradise, East Coast Demerara. The minister attended the community meeting following a request by a resident and representatives from the community’s management committee. […]
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill carried out inspections of ongoing sea defence works in Essex Concord, Mahaicony, along the shoreline to Fairfield, and in Lonsdale and Sisters Village, Berbice. Minister Edghill stressed the importance of preventative measures and interventions to preserve the mangroves, especially given that the rising tides continue to pose a […]
This afternoon, there was a fatal accident on the East Coast of Demerara, resulting in the death of cyclist Mr. Anil Ramanand. A vehicle belonging to the Ministry of Public Works and another vehicle belonging to a private citizen were involved in that accident. The Ministry’s vehicle was at the time carrying staff who were […]
With the PPP/C Government’s vigorous efforts to develop the livestock sector, some $177.7 million was allocated to offer extra funding for the promising Black Belly Sheep Project. During a community outreach at Enmore Community Centre, Minister Mustapha disclosed that the remaining black belly sheep from the 1000 will arrive from Barbados within two weeks. He […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) took its ‘dream realised’ house lot allocation and title distribution exercise to Shieldstown, Blairmont, Region Five on Friday. Some 700 persons were allocated low-income and moderate-income house lots within the Shieldstown Housing Scheme. The lands cost between $200,000 to $500,000 each. Demi Ameer, a young professional of Rosignol […]
Cattle farmers from Belladrum, a village located in Region Five (Mahaica–Berbice) are the latest group of cattle farmers to benefit from the Ministry of Agriculture’s improved genetic material programme. During a simple exercise held at the Paradise Community Centre ground, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handed over a breeding bull to the farmers’ group, noting that […]