Chinese Medical team to assist in training local doctors
- A five member Medical Specialists team from the Health and Family Planning Commission of the Jiangsu Province of the People’s Republic of...
Mental Health Council to be established to fight suicide
- The Ministry of Health will soon launch a ‘Mental Health Council’ to assist in the fight against suicide. The council will comprise...
Seven cases of Chikungunya confirmed in Georgetown, other regions
- The Chikungunya virus has made its way to other parts of the country with seven of the 12 newly confirmed cases emanating...
Health Ministry stages walk to raise awareness on NCDs
- Dozens of persons joined a health walk yesterday , starting from Fifth Street Cummings Lodge and ending at the University of Guyana’s...
West Africa declared free of Ebola transmission, but UN health agency warns new flare-ups...
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia, announcing that...
Another Zika case confirmed…Guyanese woman tests positive after returning from Suriname
Guyana has reported yet another case of the Zika virus, this time being a victim who hails from Diamond, on the East Bank of...
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...
Health Minister meets with DEMTOCO over tobacco control laws
A meeting between officials from the Ministry of Public Health and representatives and lawyers of the Demerara Tobacco Company (DEMTOCO), today, sought to clarify...
Nationwide survey on mental health to be launched
* TVC takes lead
A nationwide survey on mental health will soon be launched, as efforts intensify to help persons with mental health disorders and...
Former India cricketer Arun Lal reveals battle with cancer
Taken from Times of India
Arun Lal, former India opener and cricket commentator, is recovering after undergoing treatment for a "rare and dangerous" jaw cancer.
The...
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QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students
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Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja
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8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA
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T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana
claims importer returned goods to DDL
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Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum
…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable
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Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes
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