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President David Granger, on Friday, welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, familiarly known as Prince Harry, at the Ministry of the Presidency. The Prince is representing his grandmother, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on a Royal Tour of the Caribbean, which kicked off two weeks ago in Antigua and Barbuda. Prime Minister Moses […]
Republic Bank Guyana is hailing its two-day trade mission to Guyana as a big success and the company believes many business links have been formed as a result of the event. On Monday and Tuesday, business officials from Suriname, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago were in Guyana for the trade mission. Some were seeking new […]
The first Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) was commissioned on Friday, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Services offered at the facility will be free of cost while cases requiring surgery will be referred to the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). The costs for these surgeries will be subsidized by the Government of Guyana. The […]
Minster of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is in a stable condition and alert at the Georgetown Hospital after a fainting spell at the British High Commission’s reception for visiting Prince Harry. Roopnarine was among other government officials and guests at the residence of the British High Commissioner , when he experienced a brief fainting episode […]
Some of the new tax measures outlined in Budget 2017 have already attracted much criticism from sections of society, and based on this, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes that government should withdraw or amend the $250B budget. Jagdeo expressed this view on Friday during a press conference held at the office of the Leader of […]
With the scorching midday sun beaming down, Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Guyana at the Eugene Correia Airport to a military salute by the Guyana Defence Force with its band playing the British and Guyana National Anthems. He was greeted on arrival by Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge and British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn. […]
Focus on youth in the area of health has once again reached the forefront with Guyana recording a 1.9% HIV prevalence among youths between the ages of 15 and 24 – a figure higher than the national average. This was according to Minister of Health, Dr. George Norton, who in his World AIDS day message […]
President David Granger’s decision to launch a probe into the alleged corrupt practices of head of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (G-FDD), Marlon Cole, has been described as an act of double standards by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. Jagdeo expressed this view on Monday, noting that an investigation was never launched into the […]
President David Granger and First Lady, Ms. Sandra Granger joined Barbadians to celebrate that nation’s 50th Anniversary of Independence at three national events, which were observed with pomp and ceremony, despite inclement weather that resulted in major schedule changes. The Head of State attended the Toast to the Nation event held at the Barbados Defence […]
The Ram and McRae Chartered Accounting firm has completed its review of the 2017 national budget and in the analysis, the company has come to the conclusion that the economy could see a greater slow down if the budget measures are implemented as proposed. “We believe that the budget measures, if implemented as they are proposed, […]
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