“I humbly apologise” – Volda Lawrence

Chair of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has apologised for saying that she will only hire persons who belong to the PNC. Lawrence issued a public apology on her Facebook…

Five acres of ganja destroyed in Berbice River

An eleven-hour operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force resulted in the destruction of about five acres of cannabis cultivation and three camps in the Berbice River on Saturday. Police Headquarters revealed that there were about…

Emergency supplies of TB drug distributed

The emergency supplies of Ethionamide - part of the cocktail of drugs used to treat Tuberculosis (TB) patients - arrived in Guyana this week and were distributed to patients following a recent shortage. A statement from the Ministry of…

Businesses, households overtaxed – GCCI

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is contending that the population is overtaxed and that there are hardly any measures in the 2019 Budget to address this issue, which it says, can result in an increase of smuggling.…