MONDAY 19th SEPTEMBER, 2022
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No. 106850
Prime Minister: a clean Guyana is the duty of everyone
Guyana being rapidly transformed
By Shamar Meusa GUYANA is being rapidly transformed, said President, Dr Irfaan Ali as he
appealed to Guyanese in the diaspora to return home and play their part in the massive development
currently underway and that will be undertaken in the near future. The President made the ap-
peal at the One Guyana Interfaith Forum in New York on Sunday. He added that the govern-
ment is investing heavily in technology and training to strengthen the country’s human-resource capacity
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to fix systems and will need their expertise.
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Exhilarating ! HUNDREDS flooded the National Stadium on Saturday night for the One Guyana Festival mega concert where several
local artistes performed. It was a lively and enjoyable affair which featured different musical genres. It brought together all of
4,000 housing units for Region Six AS the Government of Guyana continues its quest of providing adequate housing for citizens, 4,000 housing units are slated for Region Six in the coming years.
This was revealed by VicePresident, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo during a community outreach at the Port Mourant Community Centre Ground last Friday. The government also intends to
Guyana in keeping with President, Dr Irfaan Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ vision. Bunty Singh, Vanita Willie, Vicadi open up approximately 10,000 house lots in the region. “….we would have to start a new scheme here towards this end and we are thinking about building in the next few years about 4,000 housing units in this region,” the Vice-President said while adding that this will be done as many persons are interested in purchasing housing units instead of land to build their own homes.
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Singh, Big Red and Carlvin Burnett were part of a long line-up of performers that took to the stage. Their entertainment skills were
spot on and they got full participation from the excited crowd. Persons came from far-flung parts of the country to witness
the performances and to have a good time. They danced, sang and jumped for hours.
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A storm in a tea cup
Financial Analyst Joel Bhagwandin said the proponents of the argument that the addendum to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) of 2016 is a form of renegotiation of the contract are peddling a dangerously false narrative. According to Bhagwandin, had this been any form of
renegotiation, given the political circumstance that the previous government was surrounded by at the time of this addendum, it would have made absolutely no hesitation to politicise this as part of their campaign for the 2020 elections.
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