The inland region of Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice contains the largest portion of the hilly sand and clay area. Guyana’s principal bauxite deposits are found in the White Sands area.
The 39,106 people of this ‘bauxite region’ work mainly with bauxite companies Linmine (at Linden and Ituni) and Bermine (at Everton and Kwakwani). The extracted bauxite is exported to make aluminum.
A small portion of the Iwokrama Rainforest Project is located in this Region. Cattle-rearing and forestry are also done on very small scales.
In all of these regions, the economic activities provide the people who live there with the means to earn a living. These activities also help to pay for schools and hospitals in every Region.
A $2M Smart Stop project will soon be taking the town of Linden by storm, paving the way for similar projects in the other eight municipalities. The Smart Stop project, a pilot of the Ministry of Communities’ Community Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CIIP) and will feature solar lighting, USB charging ports, free WiFi, advertisement and information …
Residents of Region Ten will soon have a place to call home, as lands have been cleared by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) for the construction of 60 houses. This was disclosed by Minister within the Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams Patterson-Yearwood during an outreach in the region last Sunday. Addressing residents during …
GINA, GUYANA, Tuesday, December 20, 2016 The inland Region of Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice (Region Ten) has been provided with a sum of $3.138Billion to provide socio-economic projects and services in 2017 for the 39,106 people who reside in the bauxite region. The funding which was approved today, by the National Assembly provides support for: Regional …
Newly appointed Town Clerk of the Lethem Municipality, Keisha Vincent has promises to channel all her energies towards attracting much-needed investment that can propel the border town’s tourism prospects and augment the human resource capital in the region. Vincent, who took up her appointment on Monday, October 31, explained that her ultimate goal is to …
Works are ongoing in Region Ten, by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to decommission old and leaking water mains, and commission new high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) water mains. This is part of a process of increasing the level of service throughout the region, GWI’s Divisional Manager, Rawle Friday, said. Addressing the media …
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 16, 2016) A young woman, who was given a fresh start in life when she received amnesty under President David Granger’s policy of giving second chances to non-violent, non-cocaine offenders, was able to completely turn her life around and is now a proud owner of a thriving poultry rearing business as …
Over 1000 Guyanese are gainfully employed through a Ministry of Communities’ project to improve the aesthetics and preserve and maintain community infrastructure within Neighborhood Democratic Councils and Townships. Employed under the Community Infrastructure Improvement Project (CIIP), in nine Regions; with Region Eight being the exception, the workers are involved in cleaning up their surroundings and …
– 4 more Regions to benefit The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region 10, Upper Demerara Berbice, on Friday successfully completed its Plan of Action for Regional Development (PARD) and discussions are underway to identify the implementation arrangements necessary to bring the PARD to fruition. While, this is a significant development for Region 10, it …
THE Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Ten will be fashioning the first ‘Plan of Action for Regional Development (PARD)’.According to Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hasting-Williams, the ministry has identified the Region to lead the development and implementation of what will essentially be the map for developing and managing sustainable communities and …