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Mercury-poisoned GGMC workers threaten protest over govt’s silence; refusal to shutdown or improve Gold Board’s lab
Guyana Gold Board Workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are threatening protest action if other relevant government...
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Pan-Caribbean multi-stakeholders to discuss strategy for ending AIDS
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s...
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Gold Board tasked to review location, operations of laboratory in wake of mercury levels
Left to Right: Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman; General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board, Eondrene Thompson and Gold...
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UK readies Guyana’s hospitals for disasters
United Kingdom High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn (second from left) and Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence (next to...
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PM Nagamootoo returns after heart surgery in US
President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo chatting at a welcome home prayer breakfast. A prayer breakfast Thursday morning...
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No measles outbreak in Region One – Public Health officials
The Guyana government on Friday said there was no outbreak of measles in Region One (Barima-Waini), although there is...
Read moreDetailsTrinidad experts arrive to check on mercury emissions at Gold Board after GGMC workers test positive
The Guyana Gold Board has hired experts from Trinidad and Tobago to confirm what the University of Guyana (UG) has...
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Waterways must be properly managed for security and be pollution-free, says Granger at World Water Forum
President David Granger (second from left in front row) at the 8th World Water Forum being held in Brasil, Brasilia....
Read moreDetailsFaulty Gold Board system causes high mercury levels in GGMC workers; system fixed
The headquarters of the Guyana Gold Board, Brickdam, Georgetown. At least 20 workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...
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Update: Bartica Secondary School students injured in boat incident flown to city
This injured schoolgirl groaned as she was being lifted out of the plane and placed on a stretcher by first...
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