Lawrence cornered on Govt.’s use of private insurance companies
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence was barraged with questions from the political opposition regarding the government’s decision to engage the services of private...
DDL postpones Annual General Meeting until further notice
Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) Annual General Meeting that was scheduled to be held on April 3, 2020, has been postponed until further notice. The...
COVID-19: Guyana’s recovery rate now 52%
The Public Health Ministry is reporting a 52% COVID-19 recovery rate. This translates to 162 of the 314 infected persons recovering from the virus.
This...
India, population 1.3 billion, orders ‘complete’ coronavirus lockdown
New Delhi (CNN) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a "complete" lockdown for India's 1.3 billion people on Tuesday, warning that "many families will be destroyed...
Two more die of COVID-19; 89 new cases recorded
Two more persons, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to...
2024 Budget: Mobile app to improve care for diabetes patients; HIV among 11 diseases...
The Diabetes Comprehensive Centre at Lusignan will soon be rolling out a mobile app to monitor patients’ nutrition, exercise and other lifestyle data. The...
Shortness of breath may be a sign you body is lacking oxygen
Do you know what it feels like when your body is lacking sufficient oxygen? It could feel like shortness of breath and that is...
CDC, Rotary Guyana receive over $60M from Stabroek Block partners to aid Guyana’s fight...
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Salvation Army and Rotary Guyana have received more than $60 million to support COVID-19 relief programmes.
The funds were provided...
New mammogram machine commissioned at New Amsterdam Hospital
Women aged 40 to 65 years old from Region Six no longer have to travel to Georgetown for breast cancer screening following the commissioning...
Rotary Guyana, local business launch “Community Covid-19 Initiative”
Rotary Guyana, in collaboration with members of the local business community, recently launched a "Community Covid-19 Initiative". This initiative was established to address the...
