Twenty-nine new pharmacists have been charged with helping to raise the standard of their profession and to execute their duties with the highest standards. The six interns from 2020 and another 23 from 2021, donned their white coats and proudly recited the pharmacist pledge at the graduation ceremony, Thursday. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony […]
− Gov’t to create wellness centres − cost being examined to create night facilities countrywide −to launch physical education programmes for schools, communities His Excellency, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali says investment in sports must have a ‘bottom up’ approach for positive results to be achieved in the sector. President Ali made the remark Thursday at […]
Construction of the first 50 low income units and 200 young professional housing units at Prospect, East Bank Demerara is progressing as planned and is expected to meet the January 2022 deadline. As of September 16, 2021, works on the low-income units are 36% completed while works on the young professional homes are at different […]
–Says he told Guyanese cricketer Shepherd to hold his head up high His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali has thrown down the gauntlet at Cricket West Indies (CWI) for not executing its duties in a more transparent manner and in the best interest of citizens of the region. The Head of State, who is an ardent […]
His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, today granted approval for the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and School Uniform and Supplies grant programme to be extended to the parents of children attending private schools. The initiative was originally only applicable to parents of children in the public school […]
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP, is appealing to local businesses to enforce the gazetted COVID-19 guidelines. During Thursday’s COVID-19 update, the health minister said ensuring adherence is everyone’s responsibility. “This thing is not about government alone, this is about everybody working together to make sure all of us are safe, if we don’t […]
The Ministry of Education on Thursday received some 60,000 face masks from N & S Mattai’s Food Market which will be distributed to school children across the country. The masks valued at $500,000 was presented to Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Anand Persaud, MP, who accepted the items on […]
Approximately 73.6 per cent of adolescents in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) have received the first dose of the FDA approved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The region’s adult population also recorded a 70.5 per cent vaccination rate . Speaking with DPI, Regional Health Officer (RHO) Dr. Cerdel McWatt said while the immunsation drive has been receiving […]
Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, MP, said the Government will continue to provide teachers with resources to help them become more effective in educating Guyana’s children. The minister was speaking at the launch of the Teachers’ Welfare and Benefit Programme at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Wednesday. “One of the first conversations Olato [Sam] and I […]
Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, MP, has assured village representatives of Region Nine that road works being undertaken by the government will be strictly monitored to ensure quality. At a recent engagement with village leaders, some expressed concern about the quality of work previously executed on roads in the region. The […]