One person was arrested on Friday after ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) intercepted a speed boat with a large quantity of marijuana onboard. CANU in a statement said the bust occurred at the 8-mile junction in the Canje, Berbice District, Region Six. The CANU ranks were at the time conducting a narcotics…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
PUBLIC schools across Guyana are soon going to be given “report cards” based on performance and quality output as part of a new system that will be implemented by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Inspectorate Unit, which is expanding with the hiring of approximately 200 new field inspectors. In a sit down with the Guyana…
One day after Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham revealed that the massive fire which destroyed two storage bonds at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNIC) wharf was ‘maliciously set’, the company has challenged that assertion. In a statement on Friday, five days after the fire, GNIC said there has been no conclusive evidence of an…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
–does not want focus to be on leadership confusion in PNC/R camp SEVERAL members of the media on Friday took Leader of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R) Aubrey Norton to task over his avoidance of the media and refusal to respond to questions over what is going on with the various leadership positions in the…
See full statement from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security below: The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Gender-Based Violence App, ‘iMatter’ can be downloaded from both the Google Play store and Apple store. Calling 914 is literally at our fingertips, as the 914-panic button in the App is linked directly to…
Health Authorities are seeing scores of persons who recovered from COVID-19 turning up with other health complications, weeks after their COVID-19 recovery, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said today. Dr. Anthony said long COVID-19 seems to be more prevalent now with the Omicron variant although it existed with the other variants. “The variant is predominantly…
–says top regional CSEC student Zaynab Shaffie PREPARING for an examination, especially one that can alter your future career and plans, can be stressful. However, it could be double the anxiety and nervousness, if it is written during a global pandemic. For 16-year-old Queen’s College student Zaynab Shaffie, preparing for the 2021 Caribbean Secondary Education…
Dr Marisa Seepersaud has been revolutionising surgical care for children and babies in Guyana for over a decade now. Up until a year ago, she was the only paediatric surgeon in Guyana – now, she is one of two and she is in high demand. She is the Coordinator of the Paediatric Surgical Unit at…
