Year: 2019

Although Guyana has been able to reap some successes in combatting challenges associated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), there are cases where persons diagnosed with this disease have refrained or dropped out of the Public Health Ministry’s treatment plan. Presently, there are 5,706 persons receiving treatment. According to the Acting Deputy Programme Manager at the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), Dr Nicolette Boatswain, some of those are not on the treatment plan and work is ongoing by public officials to ensure that persons diagnosed with HIV are receiving the…

…dies hours later at GPHC Former Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and engineer, Hugh Denbow, was found with his feet and hands bound in an apparent home invasion at his Sophia, Greater Georgetown home. The 63-year-old man was discovered with his hands and feet bound at his Lot 1 Area D North Sophia, Greater Georgetown, home on Tuesday by a work colleague. This newspaper was told that Denbow was employed at Orinduik Development Inc. However, after several calls from his employers went unanswered, a…

It was an exciting time for 55-year-old Briganands Rup, who had just visited his first grandchild for the first time. However, tragedy struck when he was knocked down by a minibus along the Somerset and Berks Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). Rup, a carpenter of David James Access Road, was riding a motorcycle at the time of the incident, which occurred around 07:30h on Wednesday in the vicinity of the Somerset and Berks Nursery School. Reports are that the man was just returning from the Suddie Hospital, where…

With the oil and gas sector about to take off, several international airlines have expressed interest in joining the Guyana market by offering passenger and cargo flights. Guyana and Qatar have signed an agreement that will see Qatar Airways operating the Guyana route. According to a statement, the agreement was signed by Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Chairman Abdulla bin Nasser Turki Al Subaey and Director General of GCAA Egbert Field. The agreement will permit Qatar’s national carrier Qatar Airways to operate any number of passenger and cargo flights as…

The Guyana Public Service Commission (GPSU) on Wednesday facilitated its 23rd biennial conference at State House, which was declared open by caretaker President David Granger. In the presence of stakeholders from the public sector, GPSU President Patrick Yarde highlighted the current situation of public servants, explaining that some of them are living on small wages. This, he noted, is grossly inadequate. “The reality is that many public servants are living in abject poverty…Whoever is responsible for advising the Government about the adequacy of pay is not merely only out of…