Caresworth Medical Centre Laboratory and D S Ramdeholl and Son Jewellery are the newest businesses to be certified to National Standards by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). The GNBS certified Caresworth Medical Centre Laboratory on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 to the GYS 170:2009 Standard – “General Requirements for the Operation of a Laboratory.” […]
Residents of Yawong, Region Eight recently received $1.2M to aid the construction of a center that will be used as base for craft production and as a sewing center. Women engaged in sewing will receive further assistance from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs for the establishment of a business. Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, […]
-Liza Unity arrives early ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) announced Tuesday, that the Liza Unity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived in Guyana’s waters ahead of schedule. This means that Guyana’s daily oil production, currently just over 100,000 barrels per day, is set to triple early […]
Today, the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) hosted a virtual exercise to launch its five-year Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) project that is set to benefit some 12,000 women, youth (both female and male), and marginalized men in five Caribbean countries, namely Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Dominica, and St. Lucia. Persons who will benefit […]
Committed to improving the livelihood of senior citizens, the government on Monday rolled out the $25,000 one-off cash grant to pensioners in Region Three. The campaign spearheaded by Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, MP, will provide financial support to pensioners for an additional month. Scores of citizens awaiting the grant […]
US oil giant ExxonMobil’s proposed Yellowtail petroleum development could provide some 1,300 jobs across its four phases. This is according to a non-technical summary document circulated at the first public hearing on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the project, held at the Umana Yana, Kingston, Monday evening. In the first stage of the project, […]
The Elderly Home Visiting Committee, since its installment last July, has made significant progress in organizing its 10-member team and has been providing practical, timely, and specialized care to residents with a number of health related issues. The committee earlier this month paid a visit to Uncle Eddie’s, Ivy Hall, Holy Family, Gentle Women’s, Archers, […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, said there are no recorded cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition associated with COVID-19 in which different body parts of children affected by Covid-19 become inflamed. Dr. Anthony said children generally get a milder form of the Covid-19 disease. “We have not […]
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, MP, on Sunday met with the high-level Barbados Housing and Investment Mission team at the Watooka Guest House Linden, Region 10. Headed by Barbadian Minister of Transport, Works and Maintenance, Dr. William Duguid, the visiting delegation arrived in Guyana last Friday to seek investment opportunities and strengthen trade […]
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) Dr. Peter Ramsaroop on Sunday met with a high-level delegation from Barbados, to discuss and promote Guyana’s vast investment opportunities. Dr. Ramsaroop met with members of the Barbados Housing and Investment Mission led by the Hon. Dr. William Duguid, Minister of Housing, Lands and […]