A new in-patient facility at the public hospital, further expansion of primary health approaches to chronic diseases and continued development of the immunization programme are among the key objectives budgeted for this year in the health sector.
With assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Campbell-ville Environmental Development Association has set up a solar-powered pedestrian crossing light near the Campbellville Secondary School.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said yesterday’s early morning, three-hour power outage was the result of a system shutdown in the 50 Hertz Demerara cycle.
The Trinidad Express is advising President Bharrat Jagdeo not to tilt his administration in any direction that is going to attract comparisons with the Forbes Burnham regime during the mid-sixties and mid-eighties.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) commends the government for the steps it has taken to bring immediate and tangible relief to consumers who were severely affected by the impact on the cost of living due to the implementation of Value Added and Excise taxes.
A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) team yesterday visited the Uitvlugt Estate where workers complained about high prices.
Digicel is conducting a recruitment drive for customer care agents to join its newly installed, state-of-the-art centre in Georgetown.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said yesterday that the blockage which affected the treatment of water at the Shelter Belt has been removed by the East Demerara Water Conservancy Board and that water should be restored by yesterday afternoon.
We asked the man/woman in the street on the West Coast Demerara about the major problems facing them right now.
The Guyana team, fresh off their first outright victory last week in the fourth round takes on top-of-the-table Barbados in the fifth round of the Carib Beer Series at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground today.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) – Laila Ali wasted little time in retaining her WBC and WIBA world titles, knocking out Gwendolyn O’Neil of Guyana at 56 seconds of the first round Saturday in their super middleweight fight.
Perhaps it was a sign of the difficulty the industry faces, particularly in Linden, that the 2007 budget didn’t really say much about bauxite or expectations for the future.
Dear Editor, Can I concur with the letter and sentiments of Sandra Ann Baptiste about Cecil Griffiths.
Dear Editor, I have been following the recent discussions in the newspapers on the appointment of Mr.
Dear Editor, At the introduction of the Value Added Tax, businesses were advised to display at their place of business a sign indicating prices of items on display and whether they included or excluded VAT.
Dear Editor, Are we seeing a repeat of our history? The Guianas have changed hands several times until we ended up with British Guiana.
Dear Editor, In your guest editorial of February 3, 2007, “The PNC at 50”, you stated that in the 1957 elections the PNC garnered 39% of the popular vote.
Dear Editor, I have been following up on the Value Added Tax issues because I am a businessman and since I did not really understand the process at first.
Dear Editor, Forcing business persons to comply with the law is far from what the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) intends to do in a fragile but striving economy such as ours.
Dear Editor, It has been brought to the nation’s attention by Guyana Water Inc.
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