Outlining Guyana’s current efforts towards building resilience and attaining sustainable development, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha said that Guyana is the only English-speaking Caribbean country with a fully integrated hydrometeorological service. He was at the time addressing the 61st Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council late last week. Minister Mustapha said this service serves a […]
As part of an ongoing quest to achieve one hundred percent access to potable water countrywide by 2025, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and Ministry of Housing and Water commissioned their second Water Supply System in one day – November 20, 2021. The first system to be commissioned on this day was at Katoonarib. This […]
The Guyana Fire Service is investigating the circumstances which led to a major fire in a building at the Guyana Police Force, Eve Leary Headquarters Compound on November 20, 2021. The GFS received a call at 13:50 pm alerting to a fire at the location. Water Tenders from the Central, Alberttown, West Ruimveldt and Campbellville […]
−ministerial team assesses situation Venezuelan migrants who entered Anabisi, Port Kaituma, North West District from neighboring Venezuela in poor health and without food, on Saturday received emergency medical care and other assistance. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, who headed a ministerial team to the Region One community to assess the situation, told DPI […]
-Prime Minister says investigations are ongoing into how the fire started Major losses were on Saturday avoided after quick response from the Guyana Fire Service resulted in the fire at the Guyana Police Force’s Office for Professional Responsibility (OPR) being brought under control. This resulted in the saving of Office of the Director of Public […]
Ten Region Seven students were rewarded for their exceptional performance in the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) amid the global pandemic. Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, M.P., during his visit to Kamarang, Region Seven handed over a number of electronic devices (tablets) to the top students on behalf of the Minister of Parliamentary […]
The relocation of women prisoners to the Lusignan Prison, as well as the construction of an infirmary at this East Coast Demerara holding facility are underway. This is according to details shared by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) during tender openings earlier this week. According to the minutes prepared by the NPTAB, […]
The Amerindian Village of Katoonarib located in South Central Rupununi (Region Nine) is now receiving improved access to potable water following the completion of a water supply system, undertaken by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI). The system was officially commissioned on Saturday by Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, M.P. Close […]
The Government of Guyana is aware of the Amerindian migrants at Anabisi, Port Kaituma, North West District, and has been attending to the situation. It is suspected that dozens of Amerindians including children may have entered Guyanese territory from a neighboring village in Venezuela in poor health and without food. Several Government agencies with a […]
On November 17, 2021, the Honourable Hugh Hilton Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received a courtesy call from His Excellency Dr. Emmanuel Nchimbi, Non- Resident High Commissioner of Tanzania to Guyana. The High Commissioner was accompanied by Mr. Frank Mhina, Minister Counsellor in the Tanzanian Embassy in Brasilia. During his exchange with the High […]