-2022 Mid-year report The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has injected some $2 billion to expand the water supply networks across the country between January to June this year. Commendably, potable water coverage on the coast stood at 97 per cent at the end of June 2022, compared to the coverage target of 98 per […]
─ every result is an active investment – Min Manickchand Guyana has recorded improved performance in both the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) for 2022. Chief Education Officer (CEO) Dr. Marcel Hutson made the disclosure on Monday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Secondary, Region Two. For CAPE, Guyana saw […]
– teachers, parents welcome full return to face-to-face sessions Teachers are prepared to go the extra mile to reintegrate students into the classroom as the new academic term commenced on Monday. This will be done to tackle the major learning loss students suffered when schools across the country were closed to face-to-face sessions due to […]
Students turned out in their numbers for the first day of the new school year on Monday. The air was filled with anticipation and eagerness as parents, students and teachers prepared to readjust to the full reopening of schools. DPI spoke with a number of parents, who expressed satisfaction at the reopening of schools […]
— additional $10M to upgrade internal roads The government will utilise some $51,193,800 to rehabilitate the main access road in Wauna, Region One (Barima- Waini) by the end of the year. The rehabilitation is a fulfilment of a commitment made to provide relief and improve the daily livelihood of residents in the Amerindian village. Public […]
Guyanese are being empowered through homeownership, as government continues to roll out its aggressive housing programme across the country. More than 50 per cent of the funds allocated in 2022, to further develop the housing sector countrywide were expended by June. The mid-year report produced by the Ministry of Finance reveals that $8.1 billion of […]
─ 2022 Mid-year report The mining and quarrying sector has an estimated growth of 64.6 per cent due to increase of output from the petroleum, bauxite and other mining industries. The Ministry of Finance’s 2022 mid-year report disclosed that Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh had reenacted the Fiscal Enactment Amendment Bill No. 2 seeking to give […]
– 2022 Mid-Year Report The PPP/C Government is dedicated to ensuring a strengthened and diverse economy for all Guyanese through investments in the non-oil sectors. The Ministry of Finance’s 2022 Mid-Year Report states that while government is aware that a country’s oil-producing status yields significant benefits, it is not without inherent systemic risks. These include […]
– Min. Mustapha calls on more organizations to get involved in agriculture Today, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha visited the Plaisance Seventh-day Adventist Church to discuss developing the church’s agricultural programme. Members of the church’s leadership recently met with Minister Mustapha at his office seeking the ministry’s guidance in developing a section of their compound for […]
─ shows significant half-year growth Government’s continued investment in the agriculture sector is paying off as it recorded significant growth in the first half of this year. The Ministry of Finance’s mid- year report has estimated growth in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sectors expanded by some 10.9 per cent and is expected to grow […]