The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MoIPA) in collaboration with UNICEF Guyana and other partners have embarked on a Study on Indigenous Women and Children across Guyana. The Study was launched Friday last at the Santa Rosa Secondary School in the Moruca Sub-District, Region 1, with Vice President and Minister...
Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs vehemently rejected the motion to withdraw the “Commission of Inquiry surrounding claims of Amerindian land titling, the individual, joint or communal ownership of lands acquired by freed Africans and any other land titling in Guyana”. During a debate in the national Assembly...
The incumbent Government has made good on a campaign promise to residents of Bethany to return to the villages once elected to office and address the many challenges villagers face. This promise was delivered on Sunday last when Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs’ Sydney Allicock led a...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Government of Guyana is implementing an “ambitious programme” to improve the wellbeing of indigenous communities, Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, the Honourable Valerie Garrido-Lowe, recently stated at a UN Forum in New York. Ms. Garrido-Lowe made this disclosure during the sixteenth...
GINA, GUYANA. The Ministry of Social Protection’s, Social Services department will be implementing a community advocate programme in the hinterland to efficiently address social issues. Speaking with the Government Information Agency (GINA), Director of Social Services within the Ministry of Social Protection, Whentworth Tanner, explained that having adequate an adequate...
GINA, GUYANA. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe has confirmed that all outstanding payments have been paid to both facilitators and participants of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme. The Minister also said that all payments in the future will be handled by the...
GUYANA, GINA. Residents of several communities within the Mabaruma District, Region One will benefit from about $8M worth in capital equipment. The equipment was handed over by Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido -Lowe and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, Alfred King during a recent visit...
GUYANA, GINA, Friday, April 21, 2017 Residents of several communities within the sub-district Mabaruma, Region One were afforded the opportunity to raise critical concerns, and share ideas for their communities’ development with a government team, during the period April 18-20. The team was led by Minister within the Ministry of...
The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs’ and its partners are on the verge of concluding the final stages of consultations before rolling out the much touted Sustainable Development Agreement Framework (SDAF) in Villages and Communities across Guyana. The Ministry in collaboration with Conservation International hosted key stakeholders including a team...
More than nine three million dollars will be spent on the education sector for the village of Baramita, Matarkai sub-district, Region 1. During a ministerial outreach to the village late last week Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock and support staff, told residents there of the...
Guyana is on a path to successfully expanding its ecosystem services and ultimately propelling its local tourism sector into a leading foreign exchange earner and an engine of economic development for hinterland communities that neighbor protected areas. Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock in discussion with...
The preliminary findings on an Out of School Children (OOSC) Survey initiated by the Ministry of Education in partnership with UNICEF has found that students from rural areas are at a greater disadvantage as it relates to staying in school and receiving a sound education. The OOSC initiatives is geared...
Government has pumped ten million dollars towards initiatives geared at strengthening the Amerindian Act of 2016 and yesterday Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock said he is harkened to see emphasis placed on strengthening the Amerindian Act. Discussion among key stakeholders began yesterday at the Moray House located on...
Leadership and building respectable relationships should be the cornerstone for members of the National Assembly as they strive towards nation building. This was the message delivered by Reverend John Smith yesterday when the Georgetown Ministers Fellowship of the First Assembly of God Church of Guyana hosted law makers at a...
Students of the Bina Hill Institute for Research, Training and Development in Region 9 were reminded of their roles and responsibilities since they are poised to becoming the movers and shakers of the future. Students were being addressed by Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock during...
The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is looking at potential opportunities which will assist villages in the production of a number of origin-linked Products to meet international standards. The Ministry has provided much needed support by ensuring training is received for capacity building. In this regard a two member team...
The Rupununi Music and Art Festival dubbed “Georgetown Connection” will be used as an important mechanism in Government’s thrust to bridge the gap between the Hinterland and the Coastland. The reason the Festival is being held in Georgetown this coming Saturday is to give Guyanese on the coastland an opportunity...