Guyana has second highest teen birth rate in the region – UN Report
By Kurt Campbell
- Guyana's teen pregnancy rate is the second highest in the region according to the 2013 State of the World Population...
Sunday’s Health Tip: The problem with extra long naps
- A nap, a siesta, or as the Chinese call it, a wujiao, is a pleasant break from the day, but the debate...
How To Wire Your Brain For Happiness
- The secret to lasting happiness might be neatly summed up in a cheesy neuroscience joke: "The neurons that fire together, wire together."
"It’s...
Why Do We Kiss?
- Kissing is fun and it feels nice. But -- why do we do it? According to new research, one big reason is...
Project launched to standardise testing for renal marker
- Local medical technologists and laboratories will benefit from a one year training project which has the primary aim of standardising reporting of 'estimated-Glomerular...
Multi – million dollar Jagan Dental Center to advance medical tourism
- The Jagan Dental Center was officially commissioned on Tuesday evening (October 8) and boasts of advancing Guyana’s medical tourism.
With the attendance of...
Medical Technologist launches new testing facility
- Guyanese will soon have access to the services provided by a new medical testing facility in Georgetown called QualiTEST. The brand was...
What sexual satisfaction really means to 6 women
- What does "sexual satisfaction" actually mean?
A study published in the September 2013 issue of The Journal of Sex Research sought to answer that question....
International Heart Foundation to provide free pediatric surgeries
- The Georgetown Public Hospital will be partnering with the International Children Heart Foundation to offer Pediatric cardiac surgery and care.
In addition, the...
Children born to mothers under 30 are more likely to die
- Children born to mothers under 30 are more likely to die than those born to older mums, a report on child deaths in...
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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...