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Guyana records 1st case of Oropouche Fever; over 12,000 cases in the C’bean
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has confirmed a surge of Oropouche fever cases across the Americas, with more than 12,000 infections reported regionally, as Guyana now records its first case of the mosquito-borne illness. Health...
GPHC, Gift of Life International deliver life-saving heart Care to 18 Guyanese children
Demerara Waves
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August 18, 2025
Last Updated on Monday, 18 August 2025, 11:15 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with Gift of Life International (GOLI), successfully concluded its second paediatric cardiac collaboration for 2025...
Guyana President Ali urges global action on biodiversity loss on UK podcast
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Guyana President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has called for urgent global action to halt biodiversity loss, warning that continued species decline threatens ecosystems, food security, medicine, and cultural heritage worldwide. He made the appeal as the...
Teenage jockey dies after fall at Guyana Cup meet
News Source Guyana
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August 18, 2025
19-year-old jockey, Kishawn Pereira, lost his life tragically on Sunday evening at the Guyana Cup Horse Race meet in Berbice when he fell from his horse during a race and was trampled. The riderless horse later crossed the finished line as medical...
Brilliant Ganpat leads RHT Poonai Pharmacy into semi-finals
Guyana Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
BCB/ Singh Brothers Under-13 Tournament DEFENDING Berbice Under-13 champions, the Rose Hall Town Poonai Pharmacy team easily defeated the Upper Corentyne squad by eight wickets to ease into the semi-finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)...
100 +: Notes on Political Parties that shaped Guyana
Stabroek News
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August 18, 2025
By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas is a researcher and public scholar and Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York. (NB: This is an updated and modified version of an article published in Stabroek News in July...
‘Guyana has moved from promise to progress under the PPP/C’ – Region 9 Chairman
News Room
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August 17, 2025
Outlining several major accomplishments of the PPP/C government in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) over the last five years, Regional Chairman Brian Allicock said on Sunday that Guyana has moved from promise to progress under President...
Region 9’s healthcare transformation: Over 1,300 surgeries, 95% drug access
News Room
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August 17, 2025
Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) has made significant gains over the last five years, including the delivery of more than 1,300 surgeries per year and a 95 per cent drug availability rate in the region. This is according to the Regional...
Strategic public spending has driven Guyana’s development since 1992
Guyana Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
Dear Editor, SINCE the restoration of democracy in 1992, successive People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) governments have consistently used fiscal policy not as a tool of political expediency, but as a strategic instrument to promote long-term...
Police duties, police powers, bail and warrants under Guyana’s Family Violence Act
Stabroek News
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August 17, 2025
This week, we will examine how the Family Violence Act 2024 (FVA) has enhanced police powers and other processes to prioritise victim safety. Section 39: The duty to assist When an officer intervenes in a family-violence case, the officer must...
Guyanese youth mobilise for the SDGs at Int’l Youth Day 2025 Conference
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
UNDER the inspiring theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”, more than 100 youth leaders and stakeholders gathered at Duke Lodge for Guyana’s official observance of International Youth Day 2025 (IYD), a dynamic, youth-led forum that...
Trinidad footballer dies on field
Stabroek News
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August 18, 2025
(Trinidad Express) A soldier with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) tragically collapsed and died on a football field on Saturday evening. Emmanuel Adams, 32, of Phillipine near San Fernando, died participating in the sport he had been...
Family of 3 dies in Lethem accident
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
A devastating road accident at Pirara, Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), on Sunday claimed the lives of a young family of three: a man, his wife, and their infant daughter, after the motorcycle they were travelling on reportedly...
Guyana’s health sector enters a new era of excellence
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
OVER the last 30 years, I’ve been closely connected to Guyana’s healthcare journey, from the challenging recovery period of the ’90s to slow but steady progress. But in the past five years, I’ve witnessed something truly remarkable. Despite the...
Winning start for Guyana in CFU Girls’ U-14 Challenge Series
News Room
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August 16, 2025
The national U-14 girls team has started its Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series campaign on the perfect note, securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Antigua and Barbuda at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Saturday. The young Lady Jags...
Guyana’s Silica City Aims to Be a Global Urban Model.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 15, 2025
- Advertisement - Silica City is being promoted as a landmark project for Guyana and the wider Caribbean, even before construction begins. President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, speaking at the International Building Expo 2025, described it as a “global...
Guyana lone Caribbean country to record Oropouche virus
Trinidad Express
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WASHINGTON – Guyana is the only Caribbean Community (Caricom) country that has a confirmed case of the Oropouche fever, a viral disease that has resurged across the Americas since late 2023, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has...
Health bosses issue warning as deadly Oropouche virus with 'severe consequences' found in UK for first time
Manchester Evening News
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August 15, 2025
Health officials have issued a warning as Oropouche virus has been reported in the UK for the first time following a rise in global infections. Experts warn the flu-like illness can have "severe consequences" for pregnant women, warning that the...
138 health professionals graduate from Clinical and Technical training programmes
I News Guyana
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August 13, 2025
The Ministry of Health, through its Health Sciences Education Division, today graduated 138 clinical and technical professionals from a range of specialised training programmes in Pharmacy Assistance, Rehabilitation Assistance, Medex, and Medical...
GDF ranks commended for academic excellence in medical training
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has lauded the recent academic achievements of three of its members whose newly acquired qualifications are set to bolster the Force’s medical capabilities. Corporal (CPL) Edem Roseval, CPL Teo Lindey, and Able...