Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley; Attorney General, Dale Marshall; and officials admire the plaque commemorating the reopening of the St. Joseph Outpatient Clinic today. (David M. Crichlow – CARIBPIX.) Community-centred health care has returned to the parish of St. Joseph with the re-opening of the St. Joseph Out-patient Clinic this morning. After closing its doors […]
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Mikaila PrinceMay 9, 2021 – as part of Mother’s Day celebrations Some 50 mothers at the West Demerara and Georgetown Public Hospitals, today received hampers from the Office of the First Lady, Mrs. Arya Ali, as part of an initiative to give back to mothers on Mother’s Day. The hampers were sponsored by Muneshwers Limited. Government […]
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Kemol KingMay 9, 2021 – Finance Minister Senior Minister in the Office of the President, with responsibility for Finance, Hon. Dr. Ashni Singh has said it is never too late to continue learning and upskilling oneself, in a plea to older Guyanese to apply for one of the Government’s 20,000 online scholarships. The programme is […]
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(Stock Photo) Employees are advised that the 2020 Reverse Tax Credit (RTC) return, better known as the ‘$1300’, is available for filing. The return should be filed online in TAMIS by December 31, 2022. Employees eligible for the RTC are those who, during the 2020 calendar year, earned a total annual income below $25,000; had less than […]
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Staff WriterMay 7, 2021 Throughout the last two weeks of April, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) completed a series of training sessions, product development outreaches as well as inspections as part of its commitment to continuously develop Guyana’s tourism sector as well as promote safe travel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction to Tourism Training – On […]
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COVID-19 Update: 2 New Cases, 5 Discharged BY BGIS | MAY 8, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES There were two new positive COVID-19 cases – one male and one female – identified on Friday, May 7, from the 678 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Five people also recovered, while 109 persons remain in isolation. Barbados has […]
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MAY 7, 2021 Two females are the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados. These cases were identified out of 870 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, May 6. Meanwhile, 16 persons have recovered from the viral illness and were discharged. There are 106 persons in isolation. Barbados […]
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(Stock Photo) For the fiscal period ending March 31, 2021, the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) collected just over $2.24 billion. However, says the Revenue Commissioner at the BRA, Louisa Lewis-Ward, this amount is down by over $208 million in comparison with the previous year, and she attributes the decrease to the COVID-19 pandemic and a […]
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Vaccination is our best option to save lives, exit pandemic – President Ali Staff WriterMay 7, 2021 – Says Government will invest necessary resources in coming weeks to ensure herd immunity is reached His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali called for more Guyanese to become inoculated against Covid-19 and promised that his Government will make necessary investments […]
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From left to right: Mario Eastmond of Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB); Director of Youth Affairs, Cleviston Hunte; Minister Dwight Sutherland; PFB Director, Neil Dowden; Manager of YES, Ryan Moseley; and Pastor Jasma Dottin, PFB, at today’s handover ceremony. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) has partnered with Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB) to provide training […]
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