3rd payout for dialysis assistance rolls out today
Over the next few days, 105 hemodialysis patients will receive cheques valued at $600,000 each, to help subsidise their treatment expenses, as the Government...
Sod turned for $6.6B hospital at Bath Settlement
The sod was on Tuesday turned for a level four, $6.6 billion hospital at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice (WCB), with President Dr Irfaan...
Health Ministry, other partners launch vaccination campaign
The government continues to deliver accessible, quality healthcare to all citizens of Guyana.
This is again being demonstrated as the Ministry of Health is collaborating...
US$5M private hospital opens in Leonora
…Govt spending $100M in each region to improve healthcare delivery – Dr Anthony
Even as another private hospital has opened its doors, this time the...
Healthcare Call Centre to be operational in 2023
The Guyana Office for Investment, the investment agency of the Government of Guyana, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see a Healthcare...
$98.9M state-of-the-art psychiatric department opens at GPHC
A newly refurbished state-of-the-art $98.9 million Psychiatric Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was launched on Tuesday to mark a significant step...
Linden Hospital receives over $10M in medical supplies from Chinese Govt
In excess of $10 million in medical equipment and supplies were on Monday handed over by the 18th Chinese Medical Brigade.
Minister of Public Works,...
US$2M int’l pathology lab to be ready by October
By: Tassia Dickenson
Guyana will soon boast a pathology lab that meets international standard, which will in turn modernise the local healthcare sector by significantly...
Biomedical programme launched to ensure functioning equipment at hospitals countrywide
The Ministry of Health today launched a biomedical programme aimed at ensuring functioning equipment at hospitals countrywide through the training locals.
The programme is a...
Region Eight to get four new telemedicine sites – Dr Anthony
Residents of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) will soon benefit from better access to quality healthcare services with the introduction of four new telemedicine sites this...
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Nappi Primary School library commissioned
A milestone in the journey to enhance literacy and foster a culture of reading in hinterland communities was marked with the commissioning of a...
Camille’s Academy to launch Diamond Campus in January 2025
As the world of technology creeps upon the doors of every teaching institution within Guyana, Camille’s Academy has opened its doors to the fraternity...
Soldier remanded on attempted murder charge
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Corporal Philon Edwards was today remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge when he appeared before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabier...
Guyana signs Open Skies Agreement with The Bahamas to enhance air connectivity
On Monday, November 25, 2024, in Nassau, Bahamas, Guyana and the Bahamas signed an open skies Air services agreement to promote and facilitate airlines...
Govt seeking over $84B in supplementary funds for $100k cash grant initiative, GtE project
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has approached the National Assembly, seeking its approval for more than $84 billion in supplementary funds for projects...
Businesswoman, facing 68 fraud charges, placed on $20.4M bail
Omeca Primo, owner of Primo’s Imports and Taxi Service, was placed on $20.4 million bail today after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty...
Venezuelan woman slapped with 3 Trafficking In Person charges
Andreina Jimenez, a 27-year-old Venezuelan female of Lot 91 Robb Street, Georgetown, was arrested and subsequently charged today with three counts of Trafficking in...
Pensioner killed in early morning accident on EBD road
Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 06:19hrs this morning (Monday, 25th November 2024), on the Western Carriageway of Peters Hall...
Procurement rules by oil & gas companies now under scrutiny – Local Content Secretariat...
The Local Content Secretariat is examining the procurement guidelines being used by companies operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, as several inconsistencies and...
Letter: PPP/C Govt committed to fixing broken power system left behind by APNU+AFC
Dear Editor:
It is astonishing, though not entirely surprising, that David Patterson, who presided over the catastrophic mismanagement of Guyana’s power sector in the APNU+AFC...