Community centre grounds across the country are being upgraded and are expected to have a tremendous positive impact on young people. Residents of Buxton will soon benefit from improvements to a ground in the community.

Director of Sport Christopher Jones in an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA) explained that work has commenced on the ground of a Buxton family who lives overseas and gave permission for the upgrades of the ground, for the benefit of the community. One million dollars was allocated from the ground enhancement fund for the upgrade.

Seven hundred and twenty-seven youths between ages 14-24 on Saturday graduated from the President’s Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) and they were urged by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to continue to build on their successes.“Even though we all start from humble beginnings, we can all excel in life and we can become what we have dreamt and chose to be,” the Prime Minister told the graduands.

The eGovernment Agency which comes under the aegis of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MoPT) is moving quickly to complete the distribution of laptop computers to teachers across the country.

The distribution teams are sticking to the specific parameters established by the Ministry of Education (MoE), a release from the Ministry of Public Telecommunications noted.

The Ministry of Education, Department of Youth, has commenced a youth empowerment process. This follows the adoption of the National Youth Policy by the National Assembly. The Department is consulting with leaders of registered youth groups to help identify their needs and areas for possible collaboration.