Ocean View COVID-19 Hospital to get section to manage infected pregnant women
Plans are being drawn up for a maternity section to manage Covid-positive pregnant women at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention at Liliendaal.
Minister...
Return of Ramsammy, Ramsarran proves Gov’t has no faith in Health Minister – Lawrence
Former Minister of Health, Volda Lawrence, contends that the appointment of former Health Ministers Dr. Leslie Ramsammy and Dr. Bheri Ramsarran as Advisors to...
Over $500M being invested to ease flooding effects
(Department of Public Information) The Ministry of Agriculture is placing greater importance on drainage and irrigation countrywide while other strategies are being implemented to...
Govt. to use portion of US$30.4M IDB loan to give pensioners additional $20,500 coupon
The People’s Progressive Party / Civic (PPP/C) administration is poised to use a portion of a US$30.4M loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)...
World Bank approves US$26M to reduce impact of flooding in Guyana
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors recently approved US$26 million in additional financing to support the ongoing Guyana Flood Risk Management Project. According...
Chief Justice suspends deportation order against Haitians
Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George- Wiltshire on Thursday evening issued a conservatory order suspending the deportation of 26 Haitian nationals, who have been in...
Over $1B housing project for Region 3 in 2021; 500 housing subsidies to be...
Over $1 billion will be injected into the Region Three housing sector come 2021, through an Inter-American Development Bank-funded project.
Minister within the Ministry of...
Three in police custody for possession of cannabis
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday arrested three men after they were found with a quantity of cannabis.
Reports are that at...
Man allegedly stabs reputed wife during argument
A 35-year-old housewife is in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital after being stabbed multiple times by her reputed husband on Wednesday.
The...
Primary healthcare doctors being trained in area of mental illness to offset psychologist shortage
With a dearth in psychologists and psychiatric professionals in the country, Primary healthcare doctors are being trained to detect and treat persons suffering from...
