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 The latest Guyana news from Stabroek News including oil and gas coverage, crime, politics, culture, business and more.

Andrew and Laurie Skipper in discussion with a hospital staffer (right) (Ministry of Public Health photo)
Andrew and Laurie Skipper in discussion with a hospital staffer (right) (Ministry of Public Health photo)

Phototherapy treatment for jaundice in new-borns

Company Representatives from Design Revolution (DRev) Brilliance Phototherapy Units, Andrew and Laurie Skipper, are currently in Guyana conducting surveillance activities to determine the scope of future backing to the local health sector.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman engages Nikeita La Cruz, a Guyanese student studying Geochemistry at the University of Michigan during the Guyana Mining Day Seminar held at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention in Toronto, Canada. Guyana’s High Commissioner, Clarissa Riehl is also in photo. (Ministry of Natural Resources photo)

Guyana remains under prospected

Minister of Natural Re-sources, Raphael Trotman, on March 5, 2017 told a mining conference in Canada that Guyana remains under prospected and steps are being taken to make more data available on mineral rich areas.

Those who attended the roundtable (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Attaining parity for women also involves men

During a roundtable held by the Women and Gender Equality Commission on Tuesday in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, attendees were reminded that the fight for gender parity is not one for women only, but for men as well, and that education of both genders is the key to eliminating the gap.

Keith Waithe

Keith Waithe now Artist-in-Residence at UG

Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, has appointed Keith Waithe as the Visiting Distinguished Artist-in-Residence in the Vice-Chancellery for the period, February 20 to April 8, 2017.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo speaks with reporters after he was questioned by SOCU investigators

[Videos] Jagdeo, Luncheon and Persaud among seven arrested

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo, former Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon and former PPP/C minister Robert Persaud were among seven  persons who were arrested and questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday as part of its criminal investigation of the sale of lands in the controversial ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme.

Elderly woman dies in Morawhanna fire

Police in the North West District are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding a deadly fire at Morawhanna, which claimed the life of an elderly woman on Tuesday morning.

Guyanese sailors admit to smuggling cocaine, ganja into Barbados

  Two Guyanese admitted to possession, trafficking and importation of 14.5 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2 kilogrammes of cannabis in a Barbados court on Monday A Barbados Today report said Guyanese Coco Profitt and Paul Fraser admitted to committing the crime on a boat, the Lady Sandra, at Bridgetown Port on September 10, 2015.

Phusmattie Bhigroog

Rose Hall pharmacy burgled

Over $200,000 in cash and a quantity of phone cards, valued around $30,000, were among the items stolen from Poonai’s Pharmacy and Animal Health Care, in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

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