-NAREI to address issues faced by Waramuri farmers, villages to benefit from improved extension services During a recent outreach to Santa Rosa, a riverine community in the Moruca sub-district in Region One (Barima – Waini), Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed that livestock farmers will benefit from additional stock to expand swine rearing in the community. […]
– ‘slash and burn’ farmers to benefit from soil tests, technical support – Agri. ministry to train, hire three additional extension staff Farmers from the riverine community of Manawarin in Region One (Barima – Waini) will soon benefit from a number of critical interventions as the government moves towards improving and developing agriculture in hinterland […]
─ as more training opportunities made available for the hinterland Forty-five residents of Annai and surrounding villages in the North Rupununi, Region Nine will soon commence training in the areas of hospitality, catering, welding and fabrication to embrace the many opportunities emerging from Guyana’s rapid economic growth. On Monday last, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) […]
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, today met with Guyana Reparations Committee Chairman, Dr Eric Phillips and a visiting African Royal Delegation from South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho who are in Guyana for Emancipation celebrations 2022. The delegation indicated that their fundamental goals are to foster cultural exchange, education and development; […]
-Tells diaspora efforts being made to provide world-class services in all sectors His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali told the Guyanese diaspora in Washington, DC that his Government is working assiduously on building a Guyana that reflects the principles and defines its citizens and their diversity. The President also told them that the Government is working […]
Contractors from communities of the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council will be receiving training to allow them to effectively bid for government contracts. Public Works Minister Bishop Juan Edghill made the disclosure during a meeting with small contractors in the NDC at Tipperary Hall, Buxton. The meeting stemmed from a ministerial outreach led by Prime Minister […]
─ local contractors to execute works Major infrastructural works will soon commence in the Buxton/Foulis area which will bring significant relief to residents of the two communities. Works to be executed include the rehabilitation of 16 bridges and the construction of a farm-to-market road to provide access to farmers. Public Works Minister Bishop Juan […]
A special unit has been established at the Guyana’s Infectious Disease Hospital, liliendaal, to accommodate anyone who might be subdued to the global monkeypox virus locally. The medical post will be outfitted with the necessary reagents and equipment, and full medical staff complement. The approach is another massive step undertaken by the PPP/C Government, as […]
Approximately 67.2 per cent of the adult population has been fully vaccinated against the devastating COVID-19 virus, as the Ministry of Health advances efforts to ensure Guyana reaches herd immunity. According to statistics, this means that about 344, 596 Guyanese adults received the full jab, since the roll out of the massive vaccination campaign. Records […]
The historic US$2 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed Wednesday between Guyana and the US EXIM Bank will have a lasting transformational impact on Guyana. The agreement was signed in Washington D.C, between Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, MP and president of the EXIM Bank, Reta Jo Lewis. It will see […]