Dec 14, 2025
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Works underway on EBD truck stop to cut roadside parking, improve safety
Construction is underway on a truck stop and parking facility in the Grove industrial zone on the East Bank of Demerara, aimed at easing congestion…
Housing
Croal: Vulnerable hinterland households given priority in housing programmes
Efforts are being expanded to improve access to safe and secure housing in hinterland and remote communities through a mix of direct home construction and…
Improving connectivity: $11B Diamond-Buzz Bee Dam Highway commissioned
The new $11 billion highway linking Diamond to Buzz Bee Dam, part of the government’s push to modernise infrastructure, cut travel times and reduce congestion…
Haslington families receive core homes
Three families from Haslington, East Coast Demerara, are celebrating homeownership after receiving keys to new houses under the Ministry of Housing and Water’s Core Home…
International hospital to be constructed in Silica City
As part of the government’s plan to build a modern city away from the coastline called Silica City, investors have already expressed interest in constructing…
New Wismar phase one housing development nears halfway mark, families prepare to move in
Construction of the New Wismar Phase One housing scheme in Region 10 is progressing steadily, with infrastructure works now 49 per cent complete. More than…
47 per cent of 50,000 house lots went to women, 90 per cent to low-income families
The government has exceeded its target to deliver 50,000 house lots promised in its 2020 manifesto, with single women, young people, and low-income families among…
Wales allottees overjoyed
There was joy and anticipation as new allottees of Laurentia Catherina Phase I—part of the rapidly developing Wales Housing Scheme in Region Three—got their first…
Housing development taking shape at Mahdia
Land clearance works have already commenced on 95 acres of land at the housing development at Tracts A and B, Four Miles at Mahdia in…
78 Walton Hall families granted land titles after decades-long wait
Seventy-eight families from Walton Hall, a village on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two, have become landowners after decades of waiting, as the government distributed…
Construction of Silica City homes moving rapidly
Construction on the first 110 homes in Silica City is progressing quickly, and infrastructure development is also moving forward, the Central Housing and Planning Authority…
From hope to home: Families celebrate house lot allocations
Stacy Burnette today walked out of the Arthur Chung Convention Centre all smiles, knowing that her dream of becoming a homeowner is closer to reality.…
Lethem’s ‘Dream Realised’ housing drive brings joy to residents
Zulaica Griffith, a young mother of two, is excited and proud to finally own a house lot after renting for years while trying to make…
$65B spent to boost home ownership in Region Three
Some 3,000 to 4,000 Region Three families who applied for land up to 2024 will receive provisional allocation letters for house lots by September, President…
Housing backlog to significantly reduce by mid-year
All outstanding housing applications from various regions, with the exception of Region Four, will be addressed by mid-2025, said Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal.…
Suspect in Housing Ministry Annex break-in arrested
Police have arrested a male suspect caught on CCTV footage entering the Ministry of Housing Annex on the night of March 2, 2025. According to…
Barticians rejoice after receiving house lots
Tracy Anne Persaud, a mother of two, is among some 500 families that received a house lot at the Five Miles Housing Scheme Extension and…