President David Granger, today, engaged the newly-elected chairman and executive members of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) at a special luncheon to discuss issues affecting Indigenous communities. During the deliberations held at the Baridi Benab at State House, the President announced that the Government will proceed with the handing over...

Ten Welfare Officers attached to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs is benefitting form a month long training which will build their capacity to adequately address welfare cases in the hinterland. The one-month long training which commenced on Monday at the Hinterland Scholarship Division Dormitory, Liliendaal, E.C.D will see Welfare...

DPI, Guyana, Monday, July 16, 2018 Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido Lowe today urged the incoming National Toshaos Council to be aware of those seeking to sow seeds of discord among the Indigenous People. Speaking at the opening of the National Toshaos Conference, Minister Garrido-Lowe said...

DPI, Guyana, Monday, July 16, 2018 Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock has warned that “toshaos who cannot give account for village assets will face the law.” Minister Allicock was addressing the opening of the National Toshaos Conference (NTC) today, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC). Minister Allicock...

Georgetown, Guyana – DPI (July 16, 2018) President David Granger, today, called on the National Toshaos Council (NTC) to take the lead in developing Village Improvement Plans (VIPs), which are aimed at ensuring more sustainable and secure livelihoods, boosting human wellbeing, creating increased opportunities and reducing the inequalities between the coastland...

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, led a Team to Moruca Sub-district, Barima/Waini, Region # 1, for a Technical meeting with close to fifty farmers there. The two-day engagement which commenced on Thursday saw the Ministry partnering with the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute NAREI...

Improving telecommunication across the Hinterland remains on the front burner of the Government. Licenses During a recent meeting with residents of Monkey Mountain, Potaro-Siparuni, Region Eight (North Pakaraima) Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, assured them that the Ministry of Public Telecommunication is working assiduously to...

Some 122 students have graduated from the Hinterland Scholarship Programme (HSP), pursuing a secondary, tertiary and technical education at institutions not accessible in their communities. Graduating were 91 secondary level students; 23 students at the technical and tertiary level; and eight students who completed the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE)....

The Ministry of indigenous peoples’ Affairs continues to heavily invest resources in improving living conditions at the Indigenous Residence located on Princess Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown. On Wednesday last, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock witnessed the signing of the contract for the extension of the facility which is home...

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs in collaboration with UNICEF has successfully conducted a study on Indigenous Women and Children across Guyana. The study is key to better understanding the situation of boys, girls, and their families in an effort to inform local, national and regional strategies, projects and programs...

“Continue to study, take your schooling seriously”, was the encouragement given by Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe, to students attending the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), who live in the dormitory and are a predominantly indigenous population. Minister Garrido-Lowe, during a recent visit to the Region,...

Excitement among twenty talented youth in Haimaruni in the Moruca sub-district, Barima-Waini, Region One, is brewing as the Hinterland Employment Youth Service HEYS program is changing the trajectory of their lives. The youth there only a month ago completed the first six months of the one year program and already...

Communities in the North Pakaraima, Potaro/Siparuni, Region 8 have completed and presented to the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs a one hundred and forty eight (148) page report on findings from an assessment conducted of their lands over a two year period. The assessment was conducted between 2015-2017. The report...

Atkinson Brothers Male and Waramuri Silver Sands female teams have defied all odds and emerged champs of the just concluded NAMILCO under 17 Football league after finishing on eighteen and nine points respectively. The action culminated at the Kumaka Recreational Ground over the weekend. Seven male and three female teams...

A scheduled visit to Upper Mazaruni, Region #7 Sunday last was abandoned due to unfavorable weather conditions. The visit would have seen nine serviceable firearms returned from the 140 which were surrendered during the government’s firearm amnesty in 2015. The team which was led by Minister of Public Security Kemraj...

Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock on Wednesday underscored the importance of team work in an Administrative Professional Setting as the Ministry acknowledged the contributions made by Administrative Professional Staff. Minister Allicock was addressing all nineteen Administrative Staff in the employ of the Ministry at a...

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