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Guyana is hesitant to vaccinate people against dengue because of the efficacy of the jab against all of the four sub-types of the mosquito-borne virus, cost and availability of the vaccines, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Wednesday. With ten people already killed by dengue in 2023 and four this year, he said government would be willing to consider acquiring ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Tuesday – at separate events to mark the 39th death anniversary of its founder-leader, Forbes Burnham – indicated a willingness to patch up pre-congress differences to unitedly campaign and contest next year’s general and regional elections. Chairman of the PNCR’s Council of Elders, Hamilton Green told a wreath-laying ceremony at Burnham’s mausoleum in ...

At least 2,000 persons can now benefit from a new health centre that has been built in the far-flung Mahaica Creek community of District Number 10, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said. He said the health centre was constructed at a cost of GY$46 million on a plot of land that was donated by Mr Lakeram Marian. Dr Anthony told ...

Prospective hemp cultivators would soon get the opportunity to apply for licences to do so, as Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday said the Industrial Hemp Regulatory Authority would be appointed in the coming weeks. He said the names of the intended board members would be taken to Cabinet “very shortly” and the Board would be established. “I’m hoping ...

Small rice farmers will be provided drone services by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to assist them in increasing and improving the quality of the grain, through assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and China, officials said Tuesday. Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha said the drone service would be provided to the farmers free of cost to aid ...

More than one year after Guyana passed the Industrial Hemp Act, players in the infant sector are hopeful that a licensing board would soon be appointed to regulate the industry and make way for large-scale commercial cultivation. The Industrial Hemp Bill was approved by the National Assembly on August 8, 2022 and signed into law on September 11, 2022. High-level ...

Guyana is prepared to test for the Oropouche virus (OROV) which the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) last weekend sounded an alert about, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Monday. He said the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) has the reagents to test for the virus which can be spread by gnats and mosquitoes. “If people present with signs and symptoms ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is recommending that Guyanese earning less than estimated GY$200,000 (estimated US$938) monthly should not pay income tax and he promised that if elected next year policies would be put in place to combat poverty rather than merely delivering cash grants. He said “with all the money they got” people earning ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Wednesday night – African Emancipation eve – said he and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton were not vying against each other. “Brothers and sisters, I want to leave you with a message. There is no competition between Aubrey and I. None! You can take that ...

Top officials of the Guyana government were Friday enraged by Guyana Police Force detectives’ removal of a laptop, with classified and sensitive information, assigned to Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd as part of their investigation into a cybercrime allegation against his executive assistant. The accused person, Foreign Service Officer Sharmayne Balram, has since dispatched a lawyer’s letter to former government ...