New Asphalt Plant key to Guyana’s infrastructural development
The soon to be operationalised fully-automated asphalt plant will have the capacity to produce 160 tonnes per hour and a storage chamber that holds 40 tonnes. This is in comparison…
Civil Strife Will Drive Investors Away; FDI looks Increasingly Risky
Successful investors master the art of predicting and managing risk and return on investment. Those who seek to invest in foreign countries often weigh the costs of the unknown against…
Childlink Meets With Minster of Human Services and Social Security
– Collaborative, focus driven approach needed to tackle child abuse – A centralised database at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Headquarters will be established shortly to obtain…
How Guyana could improve transparency amid oil windfall
(Reprint from https://www.bnamericas.com/) Guyana has a very narrow window to further adopt best practices to ensure long-lasting value from the development of the country’s hydrocarbons resources. So reads an IDB…
“Mass training in online teaching, aggressively improved MOE website to be rolled out” -Min Manickchand
On Friday, the Minister of Education, Hon. Priya Manickchand met with teachers of Grade Five and Six, Headmasters/Headmistresses, Regional Education Officers (REDOs) and other relevant stakeholders in the education sector…
Prime Minister commits to continuing Government support for STEM Guyana
The Prime Minister, Hon. Brigadier (R’etd) Mark Phillips, today, said the Government will continue to support the work programme of STEM Guyana, which is in keeping with its vision for…
Int’l agencies working with Human Services Ministry to focus on gender based programmes
Curtailing gender based violence, teenage pregnancy, poverty reduction among vulnerable groups and creating initiatives to empower women, were among the areas discussed by UN Resident Coordinator, Mikiko Tanaka and United…
Guyana misses latest oil production target
(Republish from https://www.argusmedia.com/) Guyana is producing around 85,000 b/d of crude, 35,000 b/d short of an August target because of a prolonged gas compression issue on the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block.…
Enrique Livan Arrested! Assistant Registration Officer at the Guyana Elections Commission.
Dear Editor… My client Enrique Livan has authorised me to issue the following statement on his behalf. 1. He said he was arrested, as he stepped out of his motorcar,…
Senior Citizens: September pension payment to begin on Sept 1
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security wishes to advise that payment of old pension will begin on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at post offices countrywide. The Ministry is…