“Disturbance” at Lusignan Prison after 2 inmates test positive for Covid-19
Prison Director Gladwin Samuels has announced that the news of novel coronavirus in the Lusignan Prison today created "some amount of disturbance" among the...
47 new COVID-19 cases recorded
The Ministry of Health has reported that 47 new COVID-19 cases have been detected today.
According to the Ministry's updated COVID-19 Dashboard, the total number...
LETTER: GPSU playing politics with the nation’s health
The Public Service Union is being unfair to the new Government, encouraging its members to call in sick, engaging in daily protests, and contemplating...
Canadian-based Charity supporting health sector in Guyana
A Canadian-based charity organisation, Giving Health to Kids (GHTK), has been in partnership with the Government of Guyana since 2011, giving support to the...
Health Ministry mulls app for Covid-19 contact tracing and monitoring
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony recently met with Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Lilian Chatergee where a range of issues were discussed, including...
30 new Covid cases recorded; over 20,000 persons tested to date
Guyana has recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health.
In its updated COVID-19 Dashboard for today,...
61-Y-O man from Region Four dies from Covid-19
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that as of November 11 2020, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Trial shows Oxford Covid vaccine is highly effective
(BBC) The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing Covid-19 symptoms, a large trial shows.
Interim data...
Region Six setting up two additional COVID-19 testing sites
Two additional COVID-19 testing sites will soon be established in East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), to encourage more people to get tested voluntarily for the...
Woman, 56, dies from Covid-19
The Ministry of Health (MOH) informs that as of December 17, 2020, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has...
Recent Articles
Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two
A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...
Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach
The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara.
This discovery was made at about 11:30h...
Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office
A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...
Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn
More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...
5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison
In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
This was...
No seawall vendor has been dislocated – Min Edghill assures
No vendor operating at the Georgetown Seawall has been dislocated, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill as he responded to a statement issued...
Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce “gravely concerned” over boycott threats against Guyanese businesses
Condemnation continues to increase against the recent antics of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), which attracted backlash after threatening to boycott any...
Region 9 produces first batch of Pharmacy and Nursing Assistants
History was made on Friday as the first batch of newly trained Nursing and Pharmacy Assistants graduated in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)...
Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units
Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need...
Man confronting ex at Eccles Gas Station shot in leg by security guard
A man now nursing a gunshot wound to his leg after he was injured by a security guard attached to the Two Brothers Gas...