The Government has reinforced the need for persons to take their booster shots to maintain the level of protection and effectiveness against the various strains of COVID-19. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, during Tuesday’s COVID-19 Update said administering the booster shots throughout the country remains a challenge. The number of persons receiving booster doses is […]– Dr Anthony Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony says the same process applies for the administering of a computerised tomography (CT) as that of an X-ray, for patients requiring this service at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). This follows the recent announcement that effective November 1, 2022, CT scans are free for patients at […]
The Health Ministry on Monday launched the Pharmacy Assistant training programme in Region Two. Some 27 persons will benefit from nine months of training from a compressed curriculum. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony noted that with the expansion of the healthcare system, the need for medical personnel increases. He said the establishment of a new […]
The second round of the 2022 edition of the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary School Debating Competition continued Tuesday. Six secondary schools competed at various venues. Mahdia Secondary School faced off with Winifred Gaskin Memorial Secondary at the Mahdia Secondary School, while Three Miles Secondary School and Friendship Secondary School competed in the National Centre for […]
The Ministry of Education’s radio station- EdYou FM, on Tuesday officially launched its website at the National Centre for Education Resources Development (NCERD) office, Kingston, Georgetown. The website which can be accessed at edyou.fm provides news and information about the Distance Education and Information Unit and also features a play button which enables access to […]
The ‘EQUAL Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)’ project, an initiative that seeks to safeguard women and girls against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and empowering them to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive health was on Monday launched. The CAD $2.25 million programme is a collaboration among Guyana, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), […]
The PPP/C Administration’s commitment to the development of the forestry sector was further demonstrated on Friday, when President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali committed a $900 million revolving fund to support the sector. The Department of Public Information (DPI) spoke to forestry stakeholders and staff on Monday about the fund to support the sector. Chairman of […]
Since coming into operation in January 2022, Guyana’s local content regulator – the Local Content Secretariat – has issued some 354 Local Content Certificates to Guyanese suppliers of the nation’s oil and gas sector. A Guyanese national or Guyanese company issued a certificate by the Secretariat receives preferential treatment in the award of contracts by […]
As the Minister who hosted the National Consultation on the draft amendments to two electoral laws – the Representation of the People Act (ROPA) and the National Registration Act (NRA), I shall begin by repeating what l said in my seven-minute opening on October 25th although the APNU+AFC representatives were present: Firstly, on October 29, […]The Government of Guyana has been managing the affairs of government transparently and inclusively since its assumption of office on August 2, 2020, following a devastating five-month delay caused by the former APNU+AFC Coalition government and senior GECOM officials repeatedly attempting to thwart the will of the Guyanese electorate and prevent the declaration of the […]