Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips says expansion of information and communications technology (ICT) hubs is changing daily life in Guyana’s hinterland communities by enabling young people to complete processes online. He describes this as reducing the need to travel long distances or leave communities to handle services that previously required in-person attendance.
In his remarks, Phillips also links the growth of digital access with improvements in healthcare training. He presents the shift as part of broader efforts to bring services closer to Indigenous villages and to support residents’ ability to learn and complete administrative steps locally. Both outlets frame the comments as highlighting ICT hubs as a key development with practical benefits for people living in remote areas.
While both reports share the same core message, they differ only slightly in wording and emphasis. One outlet uses the phrasing “digitise access” while the other calls it “digitised access,” but both attribute the statements to Phillips and focus on online service access and healthcare-related training as outcomes.
