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20 NGOs benefit from million dollar Guyana Goldfields grant
: From left is Secretary of the Saheed's Boys and Girls Orphanage Hakeem Khan, Caria Caria CDC Representative Everly Sampson,...
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Gay rights group lobbies govt to outlaw workplace discrimination
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) wants government to amend the 1997 Prevention of Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination...
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Guyana Foundation, Starkey Hearing Foundation, Health Ministry partner with First Lady to give ‘gift of hearing’
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger (third from left) is pictured with, from left, representatives of Starkey Hearing Foundation: Dr. Luqman...
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Gov’t cannot rule out sole-sourcing of drugs, medical supplies
Health Minister Dr. George Norton. Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton Monday could not rule out sole-sourcing of drugs and...
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Appeal Court readies to hear cross-dressing case; SASOD gears up for constitutional reform
Participants at SASOD's of “Lunch Talk” on the “Social Justice and the Cross Dressing Case" on Friday, February 19, 2016....
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‘Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week’ part of measures to curb Zika virus
Caricom Chairman, Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow. Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Conference of the CARICOM Heads...
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GWI “alarmed” about hospitals’ “unacceptable” disposal of medical waste
GWI CEO Dr Richard Van West-Charles speaking with representatives of hospitals in Georgetown The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is alarmed...
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Guyana’s anti-suicide campaign kicking in at schools
from left-Kirk Jardine, Dr. Latchmin, Mrs. Seeta Nagamootoo, Pastor Eworth Williams,Mrs. Glenna Vyphius, Chief Schools Welfare Officer. The Ministry of...
Read moreDetailsUS woman tests positive for Zika after travelling from Guyana
- Two more cases of the Zika virus have been reported in Ohio, one involving a Licking County man who...
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16-year old Eccles lad is Guyana’s second Zika victim
A 16-year-old lad from Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) has been confirmed as Guyana's second case of...
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