71st World Health Assembly convenes
Georgetown : Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence, accompanied by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud is representing Guyana at this year’s World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from May…
Month: May 2018
President, First Lady annual medical checks being done in Trinidad
Georgetown: President David Granger and First Lady, Ms. Sandra Granger, Monday, completed their first round of medical examinations at the Good Health Medical Centre in Trinidad and Tobago under a…
Take your duty to your community seriously
Georgetown: Minister of State Joseph Harmon Sunday evening, urged the community leaders of Mahaica-Berbice (Region Five) to take their responsibility to their communities and fellow residents seriously as he noted…
More value-added timber products to be exported – Gov’t appeals to businesses
Georgetown: Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin opened Guyana’s first Timber Expo with renewed calls for the exportation of more value-added wood products to boost earnings from the Forestry sector. The…
Linden’s tourism to be boosted with Kara Kayaking Adventures
Linden: Very soon, Guyanese at home and abroad will experience first-hand, Linden’s tourism hot spots, more specifically, the Kara Kara Blue Lake. A tour guide company, located in Linden, ‘Kara…
Comprehensive sexual education in all schools needed – PANCAP
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, commenced the Second Regional Meeting…
National gender and social inclusion policy to be implemented
Georgetown: A gender focal network was recently established within the Ministry of Social Protection to foster the implementation of the National Gender and Social Inclusion policy. Work has been ongoing…
Armed businessman killed bandit
Georgetown: Trevor Barrow, 26, called ‘Budda’ unemployed of lot 1010 Norton and Cemetery Road, armed with one .38 Rossi revolver and two live matching rounds and Calvin Dover, 31 unemployed…
Moraikobai to become tourist destination
Georgetown: Residents of Moraikobai, the only Indigenous Village located in the Mahaicony River, Region Five were urged to mobilise and take full advantage of the tourism product being developed in…
Bandits killed in separate clashes with police
Georgetown: A suspected bandit identified as 27 year old Calvin Edwards was killed Friday after a confrontation with police in Bent Street, Wortmanville Georgetown after an exchange of gunfire. Reports…
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