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Guyana needs to dispense more cash into HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria because international funds are drying up to fight those diseases, a senior United Nations official said here on Thursday. While the country is on track to achieving the UN-set Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Number 6, Country Coordinator for UNAIDS, Roberto Campos said the country needed to provide 50 percent ...

Guyana on Thursday launched its first secondary school Portuguese curriculum as part of the country’s push to deepen relations with neighbouring Brazil. “While language will never stop Guyana from enjoying good relations with anyone, surely our familiarity with the language of the people of Brazil will help us to bolster that friendship,” said Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand The language ...