No single budget in the world can solve all of a country’s ills in one cycle, but Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat posits that through the PPP/C’s successive budget, the administration will continue to work assiduously to improve citizens’ standard of living. The budget themed, ‘Steadfast against all challenges, resolute in building our One […]
Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai fiercely defended this year’s national budget, telling the National Assembly that all Amerindians across the regions stand to benefit from the slew of supportive measures it contains. Contributing to the budget debate on Thursday, Minister Sukhai said the budget breathes life into all Amerindian communities. “Under the Amerindian Development […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat M.P, said government is building back sugar because it is benefitting all Guyanese. He chided the opposition APNU+AFC on its claims that financial support is only given to the industry, because only one ethnicity is employed there. “…but that is a figment of their imagination” the minister asserted Thursday, […]
Today, Senior Officers within the Ministry of Education visited the home of the late Shereeda Persaud who was a Grade 11 student of the Bush Lot Secondary School. The 16 year-old died following a vehicular accident yesterday in Mahaica. Our officers extended heartfelt condolences and words of comfort to the family of Shereeda, who was […]
The government has devised a new prosecutors’ programme to strengthen and balance the scales of Guyana’s justice system. To ensure victims of criminal offences benefit from effective representation, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General Chambers has collaborated with the University of Guyana (UG) to launch the new ‘Certificate in Advocacy and Evidence […]
“Altruistic, realistic and futuristic” were words used to describe the $96.1 billion allocated to the Ministry of Public Works to propel Guyana’s infrastructural development. Of that amount, $76.7 billion has been earmarked for roads and bridges. Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, sought to paint a vivid picture to the APNU+AFC opposition Members of […]
The shortage of essential drugs in Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) is something of the past since the PPP/C Government took office in August 2020. Government Member of Parliament, and Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo made this assertion, during his defence of the 2022 national budget on Wednesday. He was also addressing claims by […]
Budget 2022 will be remembered as the budget that laid the foundation for Guyana, addressing the ‘bread-and-butter issues’ of the working class. This is according to Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, M.P, as he defended the $552.9 billion budget during the ongoing debate. “This budget restores hope to Guyanese and bring them out […]
The Ministry of Agriculture’s extension services will be restructured to better serve Guyanese agriculturists nationwide, this year. The PPP/C Administration plans to further digitise agriculture services and strengthen laboratory equipment, as it continues to promote climate-smart agriculture and input supply distribution to farmers. To this end, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, said the National […]
—Says religious community has a vital role to play His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali said that his Government’s ‘One Guyana’ vision is about promoting greater inclusion at the legislative, political and social levels. The Head of State made this assertion virtually during his address to more than 50 religious leaders from North America this afternoon. […]