Forty four representatives from sixteen Indigenous villages across Barima/Waini, Region 1 and Pomeroon/Supenaam Region 2 last week successfully completed a two-day Mediation Training. The training which brought together Toshao’s, Senior Councillors, Councillors and Community Development Officers was held on October 21-22 in Mainstay Village, Region 2. ...
The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs has launched the much awaited Patamona Dictionary and an eighteen letter Arekuna Alphabet. The launch took place during Indigenous Heritage Month Celebrations in Rivers View, Region 10. The Alphabet which encapsulates the sounds and illustrations in the Arekuna language and the Patamona Dictionary were...
The 2019 Rupununi Expo on Monday received a major boost when Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock plugged $1.2M towards the successful hosting of this two-day event. The event which is hosted annually by the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry opens on Saturday November 23 in St. Ignatius...
Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock on Tuesday handed over a Radio Set and a Solar Panel and Battery Set to Dr. Gregory Fitzpatrick who is attached to the Imbamadai Health Center, Cuyuni/Mazaruni, Region 7 (Upper Maz). Minister Allicock delivered on a promise made to improve communications across villages...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) was on Monday signed with the aim of assuring growth and development of youth across the hinterland with respect to Education for Empowerment within the primary productive sectors. The MoU will see...
The Cassava Flour Processing Facility in Kwebanna Village, Moruca sub-district, Barima-Waini, Region 1 has received the nod from the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) for ensuring the facility is built to international standards. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe recently led a team to...
Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock today announced that thirteen students from Region 9 who excelled the at recent national Grade Six Assessment will be receiving full Hinterland Scholarships to attend Secondary Schools. Minister Allicock made the announcement during the National Grade Six Assessment Awards Ceremony...
“Our friends who are looking for business opportunities, they will want to bring fancy fruit juice and fancy plantain chips in fancy packs and open business right here, but guess what, would it belong to us? And do you want that? So that is why we have to utilize our...
Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock on Thursday commissioned a one million dollar bridge in the Upper Koria-Yarshirmima, Wakapoa village, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region 2 as Government intensify efforts towards bridge the economic and social divide. The funding is part of capital expenditure under the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and...
Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock said the APNU/AFC Government will continue its efforts to empower each and every Guyanese so they can enjoy the “Good Life” promised. Minister Allicock and Minister within the Ministry of Finance Jaipaul Sharma engaged residents in Agatash and its environs...
Ninety-seven students from the Hinterland Scholarship Division in the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs have successfully completed the Secondary Education Program and will soon be pursuing bigger dreams. The Scholarship Division held its annual Graduation Exercise Wednesday last at the Umana Yana, Kingston where students received certificates and trophies for...
Residents of Baramita Village, Barima-Waini, Region 1 will soon benefit from an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Hub. The Village Council led by Toshao Sharmaine Rambajue already has the facility completed with fifteen cubicles for the computers which will be installed by the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) which falls...
Some twenty five families are now proud owners of a new home through Governments Hinterland Housing Development Program which was successfully executed in Sebai, Matarkai sub-district, Barima-Waini, Region 1. Among the beneficiaries were young mothers and pensioners who were selected through a transparent process conducted by the village. Among the...
A working group for the all-weather road connectivity between Nappi and its satellites and Yupukari and its satellites in Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, Region 9 was formed during the second round of consultations with key stakeholders at the Amerindian Hostel in Lethem on Monday. Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’...
Vice President and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock, Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams and Martin Cheong took the “Government Comes to You” Outreach to Baramita Village, Barima-Waini, Region 1 Friday last. Residents were assured that Government intends to address the social and other ills affecting the village. Minister...
Ninety two participants of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service HEYS Program have received fifty thousand dollars each to boost their respective business ventures across indigenous villages in Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region 2. This amounts to a fruitful investment of $4.6M. The young and promising entrepreneurs received their grants on Wednesday and Thursday...
Marina Hope is among thousands of highly successful young indigenous entrepreneurs who are realizing life changing experiences as beneficiaries of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service HEYS Program, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs flagship Youth program. Twelve participants of the program with existing business ventures in Moraikobai, Mahaica-Berbice, Region 5...