The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is currently installing a new water supply system in the village of Kaibarupai, North Pakaraimas, Region Eight. Once completed, the new system will benefit 1000 residents of the Patamona Amerindian Village. This was announced by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, M.P., during a recent outreach to the community. […]
– a further $612 million placed in the hands of health sector workers Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, today announced that the Government has granted approval for a one-off two-week tax-free bonus to be paid to all government employees in the health sector, at a […]
A commitment by the ministry of education to locate and re-integrate the 500 Grade Six students who dropped-out of school following its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been fruitful. Chief Education Officer (CEO), Dr. Marcel Hutson said Monday that the ministry located over 100 of students and has already placed them into secondary […]
Fisherfolk of Albion, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) are the recent beneficiaries of relief hampers distributed on Monday. Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, spearheaded the exercise which was meant to cushion the effects of the low fish catches at sea. “My visit here today is a […]
Protecting jobs, ensuring training and the transfer of knowledge, are tenets and priorities of the government’s Local Content Bill. To ensure jobs are protected and first preference is given to Guyanese and Guyanese businesses, the Bill pellucidly articulates those two components, in a bid to prevent foreigners from disguising as locals and/or their businesses. “I […]
First Lady, Mrs. Arya Ali on Monday, partnered with Optique Vision Care to provide professional eye care services to almost 90 persons selected from the hearing-impaired community. Themed, “giving a gift of sight this Christmas,” the much-anticipated exercise held at the company’s MovieTowne branch, saw individuals from nationwide benefitting. Mrs. Ali said Christmas is […]
Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Colin Croal, MP, said government is working on a number of critical programmes to support the massive housing drive in Guyana. Among those interventions are strengthening access to water, expanding the road network, improving housing conditions and promoting employment through community-based projects countrywide. Delivering remarks at the commissioning of […]
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said Monday that the government has decided to extend the 7 per cent retroactive increase given to public servants to sugar workers. He made this disclosure after meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha; Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Sasenarine Singh; and the General Secretary […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall S.C, has expressed that the government’s Local Content Bill is “fundamental to nationhood and to the interest of every single Guyanese.” The Attorney General stated this during his interview with the National Communications Network (NCN) last week when the government tabled the Local Content Bill […]
His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that along with the many infrastructural improvements, the East Bank Corridor will also be a reservoir for job creation. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the Mocha to Diamond Interlink Road on the East Bank of Demerara, the Head of State said that the new road would not […]