GY$100,000 cash grant, hikes in children’s cash grants, old age pension, income tax threshold
Finance minister Dr Ashni Singh said a cash grant of GY$100,000 or over GY$60 billion would be paid to Guyanese ...
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Man kills 9 persons including his children in Suriname
The man who Surinamese police arrested for killing nine persons and injuring several others. (Waterkant.net picture) A Surinamese man early ...
GPHC, Gift of Life International deliver life-saving heart care to 18 Guyanese children
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with Gift of Life International (GOLI), successfully concluded its second paediatric cardiac ...
EU-UNDP funded justice project seeks to reduce case backlog, avoid criminal convictions
Participants at the PACE Justice Training on Restorative Justice, Criminal Mediation and Children in Conflict with the Law Guyana is ...
Children to spend less time on electronic devices, focus on phys ed, sports- Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced that efforts were underway to get children to spend less time on their mobile ...
Guyanese activist wins TT$500,000 Caribbean Excellence award
Dr Ayodele Dalgety-Dean (centre) with some of Blossom Inc.'s female clients. Protector of Guyanese women, children and migrants, Dr Ayodele ...
Five die in Corentyne fire
A mother and her four children, perished in an early Tuesday morning fire at Number 64 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, police ...
Guyana to receive Covid-19 vaccines for 5- to 11-year-olds
Guyana is about to get COVID vaccines for children between five and 11 years old, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony ...
Budget cuts for Indigenous Peoples and Child Rights Commissions
The Guyana government Thursday slashed huge chunks of monies from the proposed budgets of the Rights of the Child Commission ...
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