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The Ministry of Health along with its partners, the National Aids Secretariat, Pan American Health Organisation and several other stakeholders, launched a new action plan against HIV for the years 2021-2025, as Guyana seeks to improve several key areas, that will help to eliminate of the virus by 2030. The new action plan brings together […]
The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is reminding that the precautions outlined by the Ministry of Health should be followed by all and in particular those involved in in-person learning. General Secretary of the GTU Coretta McDonald said there needs to be more action instead of talk. The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted various health agencies, the National Blood Transfusion Service has been functioning well, although it has faced a reduction in blood donations. Director of the Blood Bank, Dr. Pedro Lewis explained today that due to the pandemic, there has been a 22% reduction in blood donations and that has caused […]
Finance Secretary Sukrishnalall Pasha has clarified to various government agencies and government corporations that once their workers would have benefited from a salary increase or bonus during 2020, they will not be eligible for the government’s one-off $25,000 public servants grant. In a circular to CEOs, General Managers and Chairpersons of government agencies and corporations, […]
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) announced today that it is still in the process of finalizing and reviewing some grades for the CSEC and CAPE exams written last year. The Council in a statement noted that throughout the review process, it endeavored to be thorough and to comply with its quality assurance processes. 80% of […]
Two elderly men have become the first COVID-19 recorded deaths for the new year in Guyana. According to the Ministry of Health, the two men passed away while being patients of a medical institution. One of the men was 85-years-old and a resident of Region Ten, while the other was 70-years-old and hailed from Region […]
The Government’s holding company, NICIL, has fired more than 60 workers just as they were making moves to become unionised. Many of the workers were employed at the company at the Wales estate as security guards and labourers. The terminations took effect from the 31st of December. In a statement today, the Guyana Agricultural and […]
A West Coast Demerara businessman and his wife were arrested on Sunday following the discovery of more than nine pounds of marijuana at their home. Working on a tip-off, the Police carried out a search at the Crane, West Coast Demerara home of the businessman early on Sunday morning. The large parcels of marijuana were […]
The Auditor General of Guyana has recommended that the Guyana Police Force probes the hiring of a number of high-powered Attorneys by the Attorney General’s Chambers for various cases that involved the state under the previous government. In an audit report which was released by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, the Auditor General found that in […]
32-year-old clothes vendor, Paul Smith aka Blacka of Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust became the country’s first murder victim for the new year when he was shot dead on Commerce Street in Georgetown on New Year’s Day. The incident took place at around 6:30pm and the suspect is also a clothes vendor who operates in the same […]
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