Caribbean Medical Supplies donates breast-lights to Guyana Cancer Foundation
‘Prevention is better than cure’. This is the message behind the donation of a quantity of 'breast-lights' to the Guyana Cancer Foundation (GCF) by...
Three-person baby ‘race’ dangerous
(BBC) The UK, which pioneered the advanced form of IVF, was the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from...
‘Humans will NEVER live beyond 125 years’ – researchers say in new report
Humans have reached their lifespan limit, researchers say
By Bianca Britton, CNN
Humans can only live so long and we're reaching the natural biological limit, researchers...
Health Minister confirms two cases of Microcephaly in Guyana
Public Health Minister Dr George Norton has confirmed that two cases of the birth defect Microcephaly have been detected within the last three weeks...
Children with cancer being taught in hospital
The Ministry of Education is helping children suffering from cancer to continue their education.
Chief Education Officer (ag), Ministry of Education, Marcel Hudson, recently told...
Health workers walk to raise awareness of importance of breastfeeding …see photos
In observance of International Breastfeeding Week, health workers and others, on Friday, participated in a walk around Georgetown to spread awareness about the benefits...
Six-month maternity leave soon to be part of legislation – Minister Norton
A national symposium focused on addressing the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding was held yesterday as part of activities in observance of...
Food, Drug department to clamp down on inferior drugs
Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), Marlan Cole has announced that by December 2016, a Pharmacovigilance Centre for monitoring and...
Nationwide survey on mental health to be launched
* TVC takes lead
A nationwide survey on mental health will soon be launched, as efforts intensify to help persons with mental health disorders and...
World Suicide Prevention Day: Connect, Communicate, Care
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) joins the rest of the global community in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day under the theme, “Connect, Communicate,...
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,...