The Committee of Supply on Tuesday approved $22 million to begin works on the establishment of the Local Content Secretariat – the body responsible for overseeing and implementation of Guyana’s the Local Content Act. Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat shared this figure following questions from Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson during the consideration […]
Government is creating more avenues to assist vulnerable persons through a range of training programmes. Under the social services unit of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, over $12 million has been budgeted for training programmes to assist persons in vulnerable situations. This was revealed when the$30 billion budget of the ministry was […]
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, said 20 per cent of Guyana’s land should go to its Amerindian peoples. He revealed this during a recent interview with the New York based Vice News. “If you look at the land policy of the government, when we assumed office in 1992, indigenous people had titled lands, about 6 […]
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) management wishes to emphatically reject the unsubstantiated and disparaging remarks made by the former Minister within the Ministry of Public Health and Honourable Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings, in the National Budget Debates on Thursday February 3, 2022. In Dr. Cummings’ statement which the GPHC has confirmed in […]
-$21 B budgeted for preparatory works Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill said government is engaging a new bidder to construct the new Demerara River Bridge. This comes after negotiations with the first preferred bidder, China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd, bore little fruit. Minister Edghill made the disclosure during the consideration of estimates […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has announced that $88 million has been approved for a consultancy firm to review the field development plan of Guyana’s fifth oil development-Uaru. This news was shared on Tuesday, during the consideration of estimates and expenditures for the Natural Resources Ministry in the Committee of Supply. In January 2020, […]
The PPP/C Administration has once again demonstrated its interest in the well-being of persons living with disabilities with the budgetary allocation of $$200 million for 2022. The allotment will allow disabled persons to access a plethora of social services to enhance their daily lives. Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, MP, […]
The Aranka mining station is on course for completion with its opening slated for later this year. Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat announced this during the consideration of estimates and expenditures for Budget 2022 on Tuesday afternoon. “The Aranka mining station will be the new station added to the Bartica Station which houses the […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony is encouraging people infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) across the country, to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking during Tuesday’s COVID-19 update, the minister said during the pandemic over 2, 000 people infected with HIV were loss-to-follow-up patients. “We estimate that we have 9, 081 persons who are […]
─ hundreds to gain employment in Regions Two, Six The People’s Progressive Party Civic Administration has made significant strides in honouring its commitment to provide 50,000 jobs to Guyanese, with an allocation of $2 billion for the construction of call centres and other co-investment projects. Approved by the National Assembly’s Committee of Supply Tuesday, Minister […]