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Ban sugar-sweetened drinks from school areas; integrate school-feeding strategy to fight deadly diseases
Sub-Regional Caribbean Coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul Caribbean governments are being urged to ban sugar-sweetened...
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Govt offers teachers pay increases for 2016, 2018 but no word on 2017; amount increased for de-bunching
President David Granger and his delegation meeting with the GTU representatives. The Guyana government is offering teachers a 10 percent...
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President Granger tables new salary offer to GTU amid planned teachers’ strike
FLASH BACK: President David Granger being escorted in the Guyana Teachers' Union compound, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. President David Granger and...
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Caribbean should train nurses for overseas markets; nursing college to be constructed
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence addressing overseas-based Guyanese in Washington DC. As 74 Guyanese nurses prepare to leave to...
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Teachers strike looms again: “They are ready to hit the streets” over imposed arbitration chairman, despite Education Ministry’s threatened legal action
Dr. Leyland Lucas In the face of the Ministry of Education's threat to take legal action if teachers go on...
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Govt appoints UG Professor as arbitrator in teachers’ pay dispute but union still to approve
Dr. Leyland Lucas The Ministry of Social Protection on Monday said it has appointed University of Guyana Professor, Leyland Lucas...
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Guyana to host international robotics competition in 2019; STEMGuyana appeals to private sector for robotic kits
Guyana is expected to host the International Youth Robotics Competition (IYRC) league pre-qualifier competition in in 2019, STEMGuyana said Sunday. STEMGuyana...
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Only 30 percent of sexually abused children referred for post-trauma counseling ; victims susceptible to long term mental, social problems
Forensic Interviewer and Counselor at ChildLink's Child Advocacy Centre in Region Three (West Demerara- Essequibo Islands), Nicole Whaul. ChildLink Inc;...
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Children’s Court to be launched next month; GY$600 million needed for full child-friendly criminal justice system
Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards addressing the University of Guyana-arranged Turkeyen-Tain Talks on the topic "A Better Life for...
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New Amsterdam doctor pioneers surgical research
Dr. Tameshwar Algu Dr. Tameshwar Algu, who works out of the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital (NARH), has managed to conduct...
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