Pulled from the clutches of death

Pulled from the clutches of death

— GPHC patients grateful for life after groundbreaking surgeries “I CONSIDER myself the most luckiest person in Guyana at the moment and those doctors are my superheroes,” is how 36-year-old farmer, Christopher James, described his experience after recently receiving lifesaving surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Fifty-four year-old nursing assistant, Yourajpatti Stanwick, also…

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‘Blackouts’ a bother in Guyana as people need to access online learning, work – World Bank

‘Blackouts’ a bother in Guyana as people need to access online learning, work – World Bank

With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in disruptions to working and attending school physically, online services have become important. A recent report from the World Bank has, however, found that power outages in Guyana are a constraint for people. The new report from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is named: “An…

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Jordan arrested

Jordan arrested

— falls ill while responding to questions from SOCU — in relation to billions of dollars in alleged fraudulent transactions THE Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is making a major case against former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, alleging a series of fraudulent transactions amounting to billions of Guyana dollars while he served in government between…

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