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Govt, GPSU agree to suspend nurses’ industrial unrest
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the Guyana government on Wednesday agreed to suspend industrial unrest by nurses to...
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Govt deploys Dr. Jennifer Westford to meet with restive nurses
Dr. Jennifer Westford Executive members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), accompanied by government representative Dr. Jennifer Westford, on...
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COVID-19 death toll now 90
Four persons have died in one day from the coronavirus, COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 90. The Ministry of...
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As airports prepare for mid-October reopening incoming passengers must be COVID-19 negative- Health Minister
Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Thursday said when Guyana's two international airports reopen to regular flights later this month,...
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Guyana shortens COVID-19 curfew to revive business activity, authorities to enforce measures
Left to right: Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony, Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Gary...
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Public Service Union to call “full strike action” by nurses
GPSU President Patrick Yarde (centre at headtable) at the union's press conference. In the face of threats to take disciplinary...
Read moreDetailsGeorgetown Public Hospital nurses warned of disciplinary action as protest continues
Protesting nurses of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) remained defiant in their quest for a range of benefits, despite...
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Public Service Union to write Georgetown Public Hospital, Ministry of Health concerning nurses’ unrest
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)was Monday preparing to write to the management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...
Read moreDetailsNurses’ industrial unrest breaking the law; President shrugs claims of unjustifiable spending
Government says nurses are violating the law governing essential unrest by taking industrial unrest to press demands for more COVID-19...
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Sexual activity with 6 month old girl among 529 cases, police system inadequate- Child Care Director
The Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Ann Greene...
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