Politics

Guyana among eight C’bbean states to benefit from CDB US$40M poverty reduction programme

Guyana will be among eight Caribbean States that will benefit from a recently announced, $40 Million in funding for poverty reduction in the region through the Basic Needs Trust Fund. According to a statement from the Caribbean Development Bank, the resources will support improved access to quality education; water and sanitation; basic community access and […]

Government suspends Parking Meter By-laws

The Government of Guyana, through Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, has suspended the by-laws for the parking meter system in Georgetown, effectively suspending the paid parking system. The move came on Friday as the administration pressed the City Council to suspend the entire contract, but appeared to have been getting a push back from the […]

Venezuela’s Energy and Petroleum Commission condemns oil exploration in Guyana’s waters

Venezuela’s national newspapers, El Nacional, is reporting that the country’s Energy and Petroleum Commission of its National Assembly has approved an agreement rejecting the oil operations in the Essequibo region by the Government of Guyana. The Commission is convinced that the ongoing oil exploration violates the Geneva agreement of 1966 and Article 10 of The […]

Housing Department briefs Police Officers on Government’s new housing programme

(GINA)  Seven hundred and sixty eight (768) families are expected to be housed in the first phase of the implementation of government’s’ new housing programme. Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are among those targeted to benefit. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, with responsibility for housing, Valerie Adams-Patterson and a team from the […]

Co-Founder of Vote Like A Boss campaign wins Commonwealth Caribbean Young Person of the Year Award

Guyanese, Tricia Teekah, has been named Commonwealth Caribbean Young Person of the Year. Tricia co-founded the Guyana National Youth Council with the aim of enhancing youth empowerment, engagement, inclusion and participation. She led the ‘Vote Like a Boss’ campaign, a youth voter education initiative which used private sector partnerships to educate young voters. The campaign […]