Pesticide Board Bans Suspected Cancer-Causing Chinese-Made Coil

The suspected cancer-causing Chinese-made Zenden mosquito coil has been denied registration by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (PTCCB) Board of Guyana for its...

EU joins with the Rotary Club of Demerara to help in the fight against COVID-19

Today, Ambassador of the European Union to Guyana Fernando Ponz Cantó, in collaboration with Rotary Club of Demerara, made an urgent donation of personal...

PANCAP to host meeting to address migrants rights in HIV response

Come next week, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will host a regional meeting to provide guidance to the implementation of a...

Nursing Assistant Programme launched in Region Two

The Ministry of Health, Health Sciences Education Division, yesterday launched the Nursing Assistant Programme in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supernaam) at the Suddie Public Hospital. This first-time...

Spain turns ice rink into a morgue as coronavirus deaths pile up

Madrid, Spain (CNN) - An ice rink in Madrid has been turned into a temporary morgue as Spain tries to cope with the fallout from its...

Police break up protesting Uitvlugt sugar workers calling for protection against COVID-19

The protest actions by workers of the Uitvlugt sugar estate factory continued this morning, May 28, 2020, as the workers remain staunch in their...

Rosy GDP forecast conceals true economic damage from COVID-19, de facto govt. -Financial Analyst

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana’s high expectations of an 86 percent growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are no more. In...

Modern pathology lab to be launched in November – Dr. Ramsammy

As Guyana continues to undergo massive transformation in the health sector, the government will be launching a modern pathology laboratory in November, to reduce...

Health Ministry, hospitals receive donation of medical supplies from Food For The Poor

  As part of its continued support to the local health sector, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc (FFTP) donated several quantities of sterilizers, assorted...

Guyana gets 28,800 more doses of J&J vaccine

Guyana on Friday received a donation of 28, 800 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine from the Government of Spain, through COVAX. Minister...

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