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NGOs call for removal of gold mining as “essential service”
Several non-governmental organisations are calling on authorities to remove gold mining operations as an essential service and closely monitor the...
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Dusk-to-dawn COVID-19 curfew extended until June; stranded Guyanese overseas asked to submit travel requests
Stabroek Market Square at 6 PM on 20th April, 2020. The Public Health Ministry has extended the 6 PM to...
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18 vulnerable organisations to benefit from CDC social relief efforts
Ganesh Singh, programme coordinator of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD). Eighteen organizations, which cater to...
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Public Health Minister identifies Georgetown areas with COVID-19
Director of the Mental Health Unit of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Util Thomas delivering a presentation on suicide...
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ExxonMobil and partners inject GYD$60 million intoo COVID-19 relief
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Salvation Army and Rotary Guyana have received more than GY $60 million to support COVID-19...
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US provides additional US$1.7 million to Guyana, Caribbean COVID-19 battle
The United States Government has committed an additional $1.7 million (USD) to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in...
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PODCAST: A discussion on the Caribbean’s approach to the Coronavirus
Miami, April 17- COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on our world and the global economy. How...
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Govt prepares to rush relief to vulnerable households, farmers, businesses, students
Chief Executive Officer of the National COVID-19 Task Force (second from left) and other officials at the Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue,...
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Link between unresolved general elections and international COVID-19 aid “inaccurate” – Min of Presidency
Two days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said Guyana's unresolved political situation was stymieing international assistance to fight the coronavirus,...
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Granger removes Nagamootoo from day-to-day operations of COVID-19 Task Force
President David Granger and Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. President David Granger has removed day-to-day operations...
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