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Friday, March 29, 2024

Gov’t in favour of 6 months maternity leave policy

Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence has stated that her Ministry is in support of a social policy for six months maternity leave to be...

6-year-old dies after ingesting Filaria tablet, Health Ministry says tablet safe

...PME does not link ingestion of tablet to child’s death Two days after ingesting half of a Filaria tablet, a 6-year-old Sophia, Georgetown resident met...

Norton roasted for constantly being embroiled in one scandal after another

Opposition MPs 'fed-up' with his continuous misleading public statements urge Gov't  to stop interfering in functioning of statutory authorities, particularly those designed to...

Hundreds to benefit from “D” Division crime prevention programme

The Social Crime Prevention Programme in “D” Division is off to a good start with scores of youths in many communities benefitting from various...

Davis Memorial Hospital opens Dental Clinic

  By Tracey Khan - Drakes - The Guyana Conference of Seventh - Day Adventist Memorial Hospital (DMH) celebrated their 60th Anniversary today (November, 16)...

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...

Ebola Outbreak: Guyana should fear the worst – says Retd Brigadier

  By Kurt Campbell – In wake of the growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa and which has spread to other parts of the world...

150 nurses will be required to re-write leaked examination papers- Lawrence

Public Heath Minister, Volda Lawrence, earlier today announced that 150 nurses, who sat the Clinical and Functional examination in October, 2016 will be required...

State of National Psychiatric Hospital disgraceful – Minister Norton

- The condition of the National Psychiatric Hospital, in New Amsterdam, Region Six, has been described as ‘disgraceful’ by Minister of Public Health,...

Mother of 9 dies while awaiting treatment at GPHC ...

A 40-year-old mother of nine is now dead and the father of her children is casting blame on the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC),...

Recent Articles

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...