Supplier was paid in full despite passing off used blood testing machines as new...
The Mabaruma District Hospital, Region One (Barima/Waini), is still awaiting the delivery of two haematology analysers, after it was discovered that the two previously...
7 vendors fined $5,000 each for failure to wear face mask
Seven vendors who were found operating without a face mask were fined $5, 000 each. The non-compliant vendors were found at Stabroek and Bourda...
COVID-19: UN calls on Guyana to introduce urgent stringent measures
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concerns that social gatherings are continuing in Guyana, despite advisories against it as the world continues to grapple...
Region Records Increase In Obese And Overweight Women
Being obese places an individual at a high risk for developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, later in...
Guyana carefully monitoring COVID variants abroad; PAHO, CARPHA assisting with gene sequencing
The Government of Guyana is carefully monitoring COVID-19 variants abroad and will adjust and implement measures where necessary to protect Guyanese, says Health Minister,...
Poor family planning among root causes of child labour
By Sueann Wickham
In the depths of Guyana's flourishing developments and abundant resources lies a somber reality: the pervasive and devastating practice of child labour....
Gov’t mulls increase to COVID-19 household assistance; disbursement details being ironed out – Jagdeo
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is currently working out the minutiae of its plan to disburse direct assistance to persons affected by the...
Breaking: Guyana reports 37th COVID-19 death
Guyana has recorded its 37th COVID-19 fatality.
The patient was a 78-year- old woman from Region 9.
The Ministry of Health says that it is in...
COVID-19 Update: Two more die; 98 new cases reported
The death of two more COVID-19 patients has now taken Guyana's death toll to 376.
The latest fatalities are a 62-year-old female from Region Four...
COVID-19 Update: Seven more die, death count now 654
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed that as of September 06, 2021, seven more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
