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Guyana on Sunday welcomed United States (US) President, Joe Biden’s proposed Israel-Hamas deal to end Israel’s war on Gaza, but again pegged lasting peace to a two-state solution. “We have noted that the proposal aligns in several ways with previous decisions taken by the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly to end the war, and which Guyana supported,” ...

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Friday told Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes that that constitutional body has begun discussing his request for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to be directed to stop using the word “negro”. Describing his letter to the ERC Chief Executive Officer, Gomin Camacho as a “complaint”, she told Mr Hughes that his concerns were being treated with ...

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Friday told Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes that the constitutional body has begun discussing his request for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to be directed to stop using the word “negro”. Describing his letter to the ERC Chief Executive Officer, Gomin Camacho as a “complaint”, she told Mr Hughes that his concerns were being treated with ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday announced the successful completion of the first paediatric liver resection in Guyana.  The hospital said that groundbreaking surgery was performed on an 18-month-old female patient from Linden, diagnosed with a rare and aggressive paediatric liver cancer known as hepatoblastoma. The patient’s journey began with a diagnosis of the large, aggressive tumour, which ...

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member, Kidackie Amsterdam was Thursday charged under the Cybercrime Act with using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to commit a criminal offence against the President of Guyana Kidackie Amsterdam, 46, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara pleaded not guilty to the charge. City Magistrate, Faith McGusty granted the accused GY$200,000 bail and ordered ...

The Ministry of Health’s Chronic Disease Unit on Wednesday handed over a quantity of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) supplies to the Eccles Health Centre to support smoking cessation efforts. This initiative was done in observance of World No Tobacco Day which will be observed on May 31st, and aims to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking and harmful use ...

In keeping with its push for the decentralisation and modernisation of its services, the Ministry of Labour, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, launched its first public mobile application on Google Play and App Stores. The app, titled “Labour Advice”, will allow for the computerised management of complaints and inquiries being submitted to the ministry’s Labour Department. Chief Labour Officer, Mr. ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton said party groups in the United States (US) were reporting directly to the party’s headquarters in Guyana, raising fresh concerns about compliance with United States (US) law. He also said that no party group was expelled from the PNCR, in apparent reference to the party’s decision to de-recognise the North American ...

A Ministry of Health bond that stored mosquito fogging chemicals and other vector control supplies was Tuesday afternoon destroyed by fire, the Guyana Fire Service said on Wednesday. “Vapor from gasoline tank came into contact with heated exhaust pipe from fogging machine same ignited and exploded,” the fire service told Demerara Waves Online News. Residents in several areas of northern ...

The Ministry of Public Works on Wednesday activated emergency teams for the restoration of the Linden-Lethem corridor, after a section of that earthen interior artery collapsed and washed away. “Contractors and materials are en route to the affected area,” the Public Works Ministry said. That government ministry said there was significant disruption along the Kurupukari–Lethem corridor at approximately 3:40 p.m. ...