Diabetes among the leading causes of death in Guyana, 60,000 people being treated
- Diabetes is one of the leading cause of deaths in Guyana and it affects all ethnic groups. Most persons suffer from Type...
Increase in fast food outlets affects healthy eating in Guyana – iNews Poll
– Eighty one percent of iNews readers believe that healthy eating is being affected by the increase in fast food joints in the...
Japan gives Red Cross Guyana US$61,478 for procurement of ambulance
By Kurt Campbell
– The Guyana Red Cross Society on Tuesday (March 4) received a grant worth US$61,478 from the Government of Japan for...
Cancer Institute mistakes tumor for fatty deposits; family say woman lost a fighting chance
By Kurt Campbell
– A 43 – year – old woman is claiming that she was diagnosed as having fatty deposits in her breasts...
Former National Lab Director opens private Medical Testing Lab in Diamond
By Kurt Campbell
– QualiTEST – a laboratory offering medical testing services opened its Diamond, East Bank Demerara branch on Friday morning, February...
Foreign Medical Team looking to implement Kidney Transplant Services in Guyana
- A team of health care providers from the University of Calgary is on a visit to Guyana with a main focus is...
Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Guyana – Report
- A report from the Ministry of Health shows that cancer has been the third leading cause of mortality in Guyana with Ischemic...
Citizens decry unequipped ambulances even as MOH distribute new ones countrywide
By Kurt Campbell
– “All those things (ambulances) good for is to fetch bodies,” one woman could be heard remarking at the handing over...
Guyana recorded 18 maternal deaths in 2013
By Kurt Campbell
– According to figures released by Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran, Guyana recorded a total of 18 maternal deaths in 2013.
The...
Health Minister turns his back on media over questions of maternal deaths
By Kurt Campbell
– Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsarran on Monday (January 27) flew into a rage and walked away from a group of...
Recent Articles
Citibank open to establishing office in Guyana
The Government of Guyana in 2023 commenced talks with US-headquartered Citibank and other international financial institutions.
On Thursday, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo noted that...
Jagdeo supports “severe penalties” for businesses that tamper with expiry dates on products
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday strongly condemned businesspersons who are involved in tampering with the expiry dates of products and then offering...
Starlink seeking licence to provide internet service in Guyana
Starlink is seeking a licence to provide internet service in Guyana, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed.
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated...
Joint Statement on State Visit of PM Narendra Modi to Guyana
JOINT STATEMENT
State Visit of the Honourable Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
His Excellency...
Govt condemns Opposition’s misinformation campaign on $100,000 cash grant initiative
See statement from the Government of Guyana
The Government of Guyana categorically condemns the disinformation campaign orchestrated by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) and...
Govt to update law to impose fines, revoke licences for illegal use of sirens,...
President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that the Guyana Government will be updating its laws to introduce provisions for the imposition of fines and...
Pres. Ali announces suspension of licences among tougher measures to clamp down on road...
President Dr Irfaan Ali today announced that law enforcement officials will be moving to suspend licences of drivers who have been caught speeding more...
Guyana has an important role in India’s energy security – PM Modi
The Indian Government, which has been long eyeing Guyana’s burgeoning oil and gas industry especially the light sweet crude being produced here, is now...
‘India ready to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Guyana’ – Modi as he receives highest national...
President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday evening conferred Guyana’s highest National Award – the Order of Excellence – on Prime Minister of India, Narendra...
India ready to share nanotechnology, space technology with CARICOM countries
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Guyana for a three-day state visit, on Wednesday proposed during the second Caricom-India summit that his country share...