─ on World TB DAY The Ministry of Health is taking all necessary steps to ensure patients with Tuberculosis (TB) receive the critical treatment they need. Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said one of the major challenges the ministry is experiencing is ensuring persons take the regimen of medication. His comment came Thursday, as Guyana joined […]
Government is seeking innovative ways to keep the Demerara Harbour Bridge up and running without interfering with the flow of traffic. The management of the harbour bridge is seeking to develop a motorised platform using a pontoon which will allow for maintenance works to be done on the bridge from the river. This was disclosed […]
Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to clarify a misleading article in the Stabroek News dated March 24, 2022, on page 8, which states: “GRA,GEA ordered to reinstate licenses to Atlantic Fuels”. The Article further reads, “The High Court Judge Franklyn Holder has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) to reinstate […]
Twelve Engineers and Technicians have completed the first phase of training in the use of Guyana Water Incorporated’s recently acquired PAT drilling rig to be utilised in hinterland and riverain areas. This training was conducted over a five (5) day period by Mr. Peter Ball of Supergraphics and saw the participants engaged in both theoretical […]
─ Vice President wraps up two-day outreach The Government has received high commendation for the numerous transformation projects outlined to enhance the livelihood of persons residing along the Essequibo coast, Region Two. Residents told DPI that the new initiatives which were announced by Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, during his visit to the region, […]
The reduction in excise tax on diesel and gasoline to zero is another step by the government to cushion the effects of the rising cost of living on Guyanese. Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who was on a two-day outreach in Region Two, made the announcement at a community meeting on Wednesday. When the government […]
–Says main goal is to bring prosperity to the people of the country and region His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that his Government intends to use the examples of countries such as the United Arab Emirates and best practices around the world to enhance and develop Guyana. The President made the statement during a […]
– Launches new ICT Innovation Challenge Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, who is performing the functions of President, today, said that the Government is committed to supporting technologically-driven innovations as part of its development agenda. During the launch of the Inaugural Innovation Challenge 2022, the Prime Minister explained that the Government is steadfast in […]
─ as international parliamentarians meet to discuss climate issues Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, M.P, said countries around the world could either take immediate steps and drastic action to address the climate crisis or subject themselves to an infernal global disaster. In his brief address to the 144th Inter-Parliamentary […]
For 36-year-old Wilbert Chester, becoming a qualified heavy-duty equipment operator has always been his childhood dream. Through the Ministry of Labour’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT), that dream was realised, as he was among the 147 persons in Region Two, who received their certificates from the training programmes Wilbert told DPI he feared his dream […]