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...
Eleven children to travel to Dominica for heart surgery
- The Ministry of Health will be sending 11 children with life threatening cardiac problems to Dominica for surgery, as a result of...
Seven year health plan launched
- The seven year plan focuses on the right to the highest level of health, equity in access to quality health care, solidarity...
Recent Articles
Christmas 2024 in Guyana – When the tradition keeps on living – by Sébastien...
An account from Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Sébastien Sigouin on his 1st Guyanese Christmas experience
If there was one distinctive part of my Christmases...
Pedestrian killed in Corentyne accident
A Corentyne man is now dead after being hit by a car about 30 minutes before Christmas Day.
Dead is Jermaine Fraser, 40, of Auchlyne...
E-bike rider killed after colliding with minibus at WCB
An electric bike rider is now dead after colliding with a minibus at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Christmas Eve.
Dead...
25 years of hard work burnt to the ground, rebuilt for Christmas
By: Mishael Henry
The smell of burnt charcoal lingers in the nostrils of Andrew McBean, and is etched into his memory like a sore scar.
Exactly...
A soldier’s boots under the tree, but no son to wear them
By: La'Wanda McAllister
Festive homes all over Guyana are glimmering with Christmas lights and the melody of carols float in the warm December air. But...
Dear Santa, we’ve got wishes: children and their letters to Santa
By: Jarryl Bryan
Christmas is here, and children everywhere are busy writing letters to Santa Claus, pleading their case for gifts and justifying why...
Christmas Messages!
People’s Progressive Party (PPP)
As the season of Yuletide embraces us, families come together in love and joy, and communities celebrate in unique ways, sharing...
69,000 public sector employees receive 10% increase, injecting $18B into Guyana’s economy
Following the conclusion of the historic Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) multi-year agreement with respect to employment benefits...
Prosecution applies for Calvin Brutus’ bail to be revoked amid alleged flight attempt
The prosecution has applied to the court to revoke Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’s bail and have him remanded to prison, alleging he attempted...
GRA urges persons involved in luxury vehicle tax evasion racket to visit HQ
See full statement from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA):
In its diligence aimed at collecting the rightful revenue due to the State, the Revenue Authority...