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Another flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China

A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists. It emerged recently and...

Guyana records 17th COVID-19 death

The Ministry of Public Health has announced that Guyana has recorded its 17th COVID-19 related death. "The Ministry of Public Health today confirmed that Guyana...

Govt officials meet to discuss safe reopening of schools

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, along with the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony and former Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy met with...

2 more persons die from COVID-19 in Guyana

The Ministry of Health has announced that two more persons have died as a result of the novel coronavirus. See full statement: As of 18:00hrs on...

Guyana records its 39th COVID-19 death

The Public Health Ministry regrettably informs that as of 17:00h on August 30, 2020, one other person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus...

$51.7B budget for health sector

The health sector has been allocated a significant $51.7 billion (15.7% of the total budget) to improve the quality of healthcare for all Guyanese,...

49 Guyanese repatriated from Suriname

See below press statement from the Ministry of Health Repatriation of 49 Guyanese citizens from Suriname The Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Government of...

Coastland residents to receive COVID-19 cash grants soon

Persons living on the coastland will soon benefit from the $25,000 per household COVID-19 relief cash grant. Distribution of the grant began earlier this week...

Infectious diseases hospital to become fully operational soon – Dr Anthony

The team tasked with conducting a preliminary assessment on the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention at Liliendaal has completed its work, paving the...

24 new COVID-19 cases recorded; 13 in ICU

Guyana has recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. The Ministry's updated COVID-19 Dashboard today shows...

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...