The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Friday told Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes that the constitutional body has begun discussing his request for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to be directed to stop using the word “negro”. Describing his letter to the ERC Chief Executive Officer, Gomin Camacho as a “complaint”, she told Mr Hughes that his concerns were being treated with ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday announced the successful completion of the first paediatric liver resection in Guyana.  The hospital said that groundbreaking surgery was performed on an 18-month-old female patient from Linden, diagnosed with a rare and aggressive paediatric liver cancer known as hepatoblastoma. The patient’s journey began with a diagnosis of the large, aggressive tumour, which ...

By Dr Randy Persaud Critics like Dr Henry Jeffrey do not find good in anything the PPP does. They have a default position of tearing down genuine efforts aimed at socio-economic development and political change. Ironically, these same critics, wail night and day about the need to move the country forward. The latest iteration of the signature opposition wail surfaced ...

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member, Kidackie Amsterdam was Thursday charged under the Cybercrime Act with using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to commit a criminal offence against the President of Guyana Kidackie Amsterdam, 46, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty to the charge. City Magistrate, Faith McGusty granted the accused GY$200,000 bail and ordered ...

The Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit on Wednesday handed over a quantity of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) supplies to the Eccles Health Centre to support smoking cessation efforts. This initiative was done in observance of World No Tobacco Day which will be observed on May 31st, and aims to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking and harmful use ...

In keeping with its push for the decentralisation and modernisation of its services, the Ministry of Labour, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, launched its first public mobile application on Google Play and App Stores. The app, titled “Labour Advice”, will allow for the computerised management of complaints and inquiries being submitted to the ministry’s Labour Department. Chief Labour Officer, Mr. ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton said party groups in the United States (US) were reporting directly to the party’s headquarters in Guyana, raising fresh concerns about compliance with United States (US) law. He also said that no party group was expelled from the PNCR, in apparent reference to the party’s decision to de-recognise the North American ...

By Dr. Vivian M. Williams, Esq. Differences between the PNCR, the main opposition party in Guyana and the New York based North American Region Inc (NAR), have spilled into the public domain. The dispute is whether NAR should subject itself to the direction and control of the PNCR. The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party which operates from the ...

by GHK Lall One by one, little by little, there is a trickle then a torrent. Truth cannot be suppressed. A stirring, a small seeping, and soon there is a sea of all that is wrong. The plight of people victimized and marginalized. Pain that pierces can only stay inside for so long, despite the high hands with long whips. ...

A Ministry of Health bond that stored mosquito fogging chemicals and other vector control supplies was Tuesday afternoon destroyed by fire, the Guyana Fire Service said on Wednesday. “Vapor from gasoline tank came into contact with heated exhaust pipe from fogging machine same ignited and exploded,” the fire service told Demerara Waves Online News. Residents in several areas of northern ...