Govt forced to admit sole sourcing of substandard ware-‘house’ to store drugs
...as Pharmaceutical farce exposed
Transparency and Accountability – or rather the lack thereof – was on full display on Monday as the APNU/AFC Government sought...
Post-mortem results to soon be released on Lethem hospital stillbirths – Health Ministry team...
Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings recently visited the mothers who had stillborn babies at the Lethem hospital during the...
Former Miss Jamaica dies of sickle cell complications
(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Miss Jamaica Universe, Shakira Martin, 30, died in a Florida hospital yesterday from complication with the sickle cell disease.
She spent her last...
Sixty pregnant women infected with Zika in T&T
(Trinidad Guardian) There are over 200 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in T&T. Of this number, 60 have been diagnosed in women who are...
Government to address shortage of nurses – Dr. Norton
Reports of a shortage of nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have been confirmed by Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton who...
Unconscious Lethem mother: Health Minister says was not aware of the case …promises to...
By Renella Bourne
In wake of the ailing mother of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) who underwent gall stone surgery and never regained consciousness,...
Guyana runs out of yellow fever vaccine
… new shipment to arrive soon – Public Health Ministry
A shortage of the yellow fever vaccine has struck the nation amid a mad rush...
Lethem woman unconscious 3 months after surgery
More than three months after having some gall stones removed via surgery, a 47-year-old woman of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) is still...
Only 23% of babies exclusively breastfed in Guyana – UNICEF
According to a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report only 23 per cent of babies are exclusively breastfed in the first six months, and Minister...
Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital conducts successful pericardiectomy
For the first time in Guyana, a pericardiectomy heart surgery was conducted at the Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital, saving the life of a 27-year-old...
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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,...