– $153.8M to be spent from Local Gov’t budget on improving health institutionsThis year, budgetary allocations by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will ensure the completion

-Thanks to NJASHM’s Pt. Suresh SugrimTHE GREATEST single achievement of this current government is the provision of opportunities for the poorest of the poor in Guyana to own their

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green, in an invited comment yesterday, said this year the City Hall’s budget will, at the end of the day, reflect a reality that spending can

Members of the local Women’s Development Organization Red Thread have benefited from a grant of US$76,634 from the Government of Japan. The assistance was formalised yesterday during a signing

RANKS from the Narcotics Branch of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) intercepted a package containing four kilogrammes 103 grammes of cocaine, last Wednesday, at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

To aid farmers…THE Government, through the Regional Administration in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), the Rice Producers Association (RPA) and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), commissioned a $15.5M drying floor at

The salaries of the two Presidential Advisers to President Bharratjagdeo were yesterday submitted to the National Assembly. This was a written reply by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, in response

The issue of HIV/AIDS is one which has been widely and extensively covered both in Guyana, the wider Caribbean region and further afield, but one wonders if the dangers

In Parliament…MINISTER of Agriculture, Mr. Robert Persaud has updated Parliament on the ongoing national response, by the Government, to the current El Nino phenomenon. He told the National Assembly,