Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh has charged staff of the Bureau of Statistics with applying a high standard of diligence in the execution of the Guyana National Population and Housing Census 2022. The Minister delivered this charge while addressing staff of the Bureau at its […]
-says expenditure will be managed to avoid overheating of economy President Dr. Irfaan Ali says Guyana’s transformational agenda makes provision for increased government expenditure in areas such as housing, healthcare, education, agriculture and other critical sectors, and therefore, there needs to be a balance in the management of the resources. However, President Ali noted that […]
-Vice President dismisses discrimination claims-only $343,000 of $100M received for 2020 disbursed in grants Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has brought under the spotlight the fact that the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) has benefitted from hundreds of millions of dollars in Government funding to further the cause of Afro-Guyanese, […]
– Min. Indar assures further development Safety in the community, Vive La Force, Region Three will improve following the delivery of 10 street lights by the Ministry of Public Works. Minister within the Ministry, Deodat Indar during the recent presentation at the Vive La Force Primary School, said the allocation of the street lights is […]
Government has awarded approximately $800 million in infrastructural projects to rehabilitate a number of roads across Region 10. This is in keeping with the PPP/C Administration’s manifesto commitment to improve the quality of community roads and implement an Urban Improvement programme countrywide. Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill spearheaded an outreach on Friday and visited […]
– Attends graduation ceremony of ICT summer camp in Berbice Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips said that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Summer Camps in Guyana play a pivotal role in the foundation of technological development. The Senior Government Official, who is currently fulfilling the role of President, noted that camps are testament to […]
Young people across the country, and especially those in region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), who attended the National Youth Culture Camp during the August holiday in the region, have been reminded of the many opportunities being made available to them for their own development and advancement. The reminder came from the Hon. Bishop Juan Edghill, Minister […]– bids for gas to energy project expected in September Guyanese are now closer to benefitting from cheaper and reliable energy as the PPP/C Government expects to begin receiving bids for the establishment of the gas-to-energy project in early September. This was disclosed by Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo during a press conference on Friday. […]
– efforts heighten to reduce regional food import bill President, Dr Irfaan Ali’s robust leadership on agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has seen significant progress in several countries, even as efforts heighten to reduce the region’s US $5 billion food import bill by 25 per cent come 2025. The Head of State delivered the […]
Several communities in the Matarkai sub-region of Barima-Waini are seeing major advancements in their socio-economic conditions through the implementation of a number of government initiatives. On Thursday, Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Collin D Croal, who also holds parliamentary responsibility for Region One, commissioned a new bus shed and canter truck and presented several […]