Tag: hinterland

New $10M well in Kumaka to service about 2,000 residents

New $10M well in Kumaka to service about 2,000 residents

- May 12, 2024

About 2,000 residents from Kumaka, Santa Rosa Islands and other satellite areas in the Moruca sub-district, Region One will benefit ... Read More

Over $542M budgeted to drill several potable wells countrywide

Over $542M budgeted to drill several potable wells countrywide

- May 8, 2024

The government has budgeted the sum of $542.4 million to fund various projects aimed at improving access to potable water ... Read More

Health Ministry targeting areas with low vaccination coverage

Health Ministry targeting areas with low vaccination coverage

- May 3, 2024

In its commitment to ensuring widespread vaccination coverage, the Ministry of Health is targeting locations with low vaccination rates to ... Read More

Gov’t invests $22.8M in water distribution network at Potarinau

Gov’t invests $22.8M in water distribution network at Potarinau

- April 29, 2024

─ on track for 100 per cent potable water coverage Potarinau Village in South Rupununi, Region Nine, continues to benefit ... Read More

Gov’t will further develop hinterland Villages – Min. Edghill

Gov’t will further develop hinterland Villages – Min. Edghill

- April 26, 2024

In a firm commitment to uphold promises outlined in the PPP/C government’s manifesto promises, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan ... Read More

About $30B injected into improving mining roads, connecting roads in the hinterland – GS Jagdeo

About $30B injected into improving mining roads, connecting roads in the hinterland – GS Jagdeo

- April 25, 2024

Guyana is currently undergoing a massive infrastructural upgrade with significant investments being made to improve the mining roads and connecting ... Read More

Wailang/Kurobrang gets new $7.5M pick-up

Wailang/Kurobrang gets new $7.5M pick-up

- April 10, 2024

The remote community of Wailang/Kurobrang in District Two, Region Eight has received a brand new 4x4 Hilux pick-up valued at ... Read More

Gov’t fostering community, youth development through sports

Gov’t fostering community, youth development through sports

- March 21, 2024

The government is continuously fostering community and youth development through Sports which plays an integral role in their overall development. ... Read More

First 18 families receive homes under Lethem Housing Support programme

First 18 families receive homes under Lethem Housing Support programme

- January 27, 2024

Eighteen (18) low-income families of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) received the keys to their new homes in Culvert ... Read More

‘Education fosters skilled workforce, enhances democratic values’– Min. Manickchand

‘Education fosters skilled workforce, enhances democratic values’– Min. Manickchand

- January 22, 2024

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has emphasised that in a developing nation like Guyana, education plays a vital role in ... Read More