Global Fund injects $28M into Guyana’s HIV/AIDS fight
The Public Health Ministry on Thursday signed an agreement with the non-governmental group Alpha and Omega to provide services to persons infected with and...
40 strong for GTM Health & Fitness Challenge
With the second edition of the annual GTM Health and Fitness challenge billed for this weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue...
Unlabelled foods still being sold, will be confiscated- GA_FDD
The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) says that businesses/manufacturers are not heading their warning to desist from the illegal and unhealthy...
Former patient to sue GPHC, claims negligence
A former patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is soon to take legal action against the facility, citing wilful neglect.
The husband of...
IDB approves US$8M loan to combat high maternal, infant death rates
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved an US$8 million loan for a program to help reduce maternal, perinatal and neonatal deaths in Guyana.
This...
US liver donor marries woman whose life he saved
(BBC) When Christopher Dempsey offered to donate half his liver to a complete stranger, he knew it would be a life-changing experience.
What the former...
Mosquito army released in Zika fight in Brazil & Colombia
By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter
(BBC) Scientists are planning to release an army of millions of modified mosquitoes in areas of Brazil and Colombia.
They...
Public Health Ministry wants elephantiasis eradicated
The Ministry of Public Health, wants to eradicate lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis as Guyana continues to make steady progress towards the elimination...
Diarrhea in Kamarang contained – situation being monitored
The Ministry of Public Health has reported that doctors in Kamarang have been able to contain what seemed to be a sudden upsurge in...
Residents peeved over GWI’s alleged dumping of sewage in Sussex Street canal
In what may be deemed as another impropriety on its behalf, workers of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) were discovered transferring what appeared to...
Recent Articles
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...
New direct routes for Guyana, Brazil travel established
See below for a 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘:
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐀/𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 (𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐀)
The public is hereby advised that...
US$20M DDL dairy farm to produce milk by 3rd quarter of 2025
The highly anticipated state-of-the-art US$20 Million dairy farm, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, which is being built by Demerara Distillers Limited...
NA woman accuses police of stealing cash during search of home
A New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) woman has accused police officers who conducted a search of her home of stealing her money.
The police...
GECOM secretariat prepares for 2025 elections ahead of commission’s mandate
While the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) secretariat has not been mandated by the commission to prepare for the constitutionally due general and regional elections,...