The Guyana Fire Service is currently investigating the circumstances which led to a fire in Berbice early this morning. The Fire Department was made aware of the fire at 06:39hrs and Water Tenders #74 and #101 from the New Amsterdam Fire Station were immediately dispatched to the Lot 2734 Pilot Street New Amsterdam, Berbice location. […]
Guyana recorded 788 positive Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony confirmed during his daily Covid-19 update, on Wednesday. “Over the last 24 hours we were able to detect 788 new cases and this came from 1,878 tests so the positivity rate has gone up so it’s […]
With the reopening of schools across Guyana, amidst the on-going pandemic, parents have expressed their concerns about keeping their children safe from the deadly coronavirus. These concerns were addressed by Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., during Tuesday’s Covid-19 update. How to help a child stay safe in school? Minister Anthony re-emphasised the importance […]
Ministry of Amerindian Affairs – Sector Highlights 2021 The PPP/C government through the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs in 2021, embarked on numerous initiatives, to ensure that Amerindian and riverine communities were not left behind, as a transformational agenda was underway. Realising the tremendous potential for agriculture to flourish in most of these hinterland communities, the […]
-Ministry of Human Services and Social Security – Sector Highlights 2021 Guyana has experienced a surge in economic development since the PPP/C administration returned to government in August 2020. Since then, the government, through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has been working diligently to empower women, taking care of the nation’s children, […]
The Ministry of Education today received a quantity of COVID-19 personal protective equipment from Sewa International Guyana. Some 80,719 face shields, 24,190 KN95 masks, 126,500 disposable masks, 2,600 surgical gowns and over 6,240 face goggles were among the items donated. Senior representative of Sewa International, Mr Yashpaul Seownarine handed over the items to the Ministry’s […]
– HCIL seedling production capacity now 48,000 per annum – Coconut and coconut byproducts export rakes in $2.5B As part of the government’s efforts to decentralize the availability of quality planting materials for the coconut industry, in 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL), formally known as Hope Estate, was able to […]
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government made a few amendments to the Local Content Bill 2021 that will further ensure transparency and added benefits for Guyana and its people. In the Act that was assented to by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali last Friday, one of the amendments [Clause (6)(9)] states that the Local […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) regularised over 750 informal settlers residing in Regions Four and Five last year while 59 persons squatting on government reserves were relocated. This was revealed by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, M.P., during a recent interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI). “This is an […]
-additional measures to be taken for patients and staff safety Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony M.P., on Sunday held a meeting with senior management staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), to discuss additional measures to be taken to protect both patients and staff from the Omicron variant. “I had a meeting with […]