Technical Working Group activated to ensure adequate prevention, diagnosis and management of Dengue
Dengue is endemic to Guyana and the Region of the Americas. Every few years there is a cyclical increase in dengue cases due to...
More will be done to help victims of abuse – Attorney General
-Hope and Justice Centre to be constructed
As the government seeks to modernise and reform the justice sector, more will be done to help victims...
216 new health interventions to be rolled out in September
As the government continues to expand the health sector by building new hospitals and implementing new services, the Ministry of Health will soon be...
Gov’t has no immediate plans for second oil refinery, focusing on energy security- Jagdeo
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday that the immediate construction of a second oil refinery is not in the government's plans for...
19-Y-O found dead in apartment; suicide suspected
Police are investigating an alleged suicide committed by Malinda Fiona Niewenkirk, a 19-year-old unemployed female of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which occurred sometime...
New coalition govt. will compensate all affected by PPP’s alleged transgressions – Mahipaul
The main parliamentary opposition has announced an initiative known as the "National Victims' Restitution Programme", aimed at addressing alleged losses suffered by citizens during...
President appoints two new Permanent Secretaries; reassigns six
President Dr Irfaan Ali, today, announced the appointment of two new Permanent Secretaries and the reassignment of six Permanent Secretaries in Government Ministries.
The two...
Opposition says govt.’s “incompetence” giving rise to Dengue cases
Guyana's main opposition party is laying blame at the feet of the government for the recent increase of Dengue in the country. According to...
Clearing up misconceptions about the ministerial powers outlined in the Petroleum Activities Bill 2023
Dear Editor,
The Parliamentary Opposition along with other aligned commentators and writers, have raised the concerns that the Petroleum Activities Bill confers sweeping powers to...
Govt. commissions $23.6M agro-processing facility at Watooka
Less than two weeks after commissioning an agro-processing facility in Karaudarnau Village in Region Nine, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday commissioned a similar...
