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GUYANA: VACCINE POLITICS – Shouting ‘Fire’ In A Crowded Cinema – by Ralph Ramkarran 

06/24/2021 – 12:45 am
Posted by Ralph Ramkarran –  – Conversation Tree Blog
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News reports on June 17 reveal that 224,853 persons in Guyana, representing 46.2 percent of the targeted adult population had taken the COVID 19 vaccine. Of these 94,243 persons or 19.4 percent have taken the second dose. Region 10 with 14 percent lags far behind the other regions. In all except Region 8, which is at 29.6 percent, more that 40 percent have been vaccinated with at least one dose. Region 6 is at 54 percent and Region 1 is at 55.9 percent.  (See REGIONS MAP below)

Notwithstanding the excellent work that is being done to vaccinate as many people as possible, there are wide reports of vaccination hesitancy among the population. Responsible employers are complaining about significant resistance to the taking of vaccines by staff, which is very concerning. The above figures, particularly for Region 10 should be a cause for serious concern. It is such that the Government has begun house-to-house vaccination in that Region.    Continue reading →

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GUYANA – Capitol TVNews Videos – 19 November 2015

11/21/2015 – 5:42 am

Capitol TV logoGUYANA – Capitol TV News Videos – 19 November 2015

  • Women busted for cocaine smuggling, in strange places
  • NIS increasing efficiency in record keeping
  • Public Health improvements
  • Crime Control and Military: Not your call Ramotar, says President Granger
  • Education: Technology boost for schools
  • Sports

Click links below to view the TV News Videos:-

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Guyana: How happy are we?

12/02/2012 – 6:05 am

How happy are we?

Posted By Stabroek staff On November 30, 2012 – Editorial | Comments

For some years now, there has been, pretty much on a daily basis, an unrelenting litany of bad news in the local media. Accounts of horrific murders, domestic savagery and public uncouthness, crimes of all kinds and general lawlessness tend to dominate the headlines. Equally, the politics of polarisation and divisiveness, allegations of corruption and misfeasance in public office, accusations of incompetence and counter-accusations of sabotage and subversive behaviour, all jostle for space and airtime in the print and broadcast media.

In addition, tragic and often avoidable road accidents, fatal fires, rotting rubbish and unsanitary conditions posing an increasing threat to public health, unreliable water and electricity supplies, the seemingly larger numbers of vagrants and the mentally ill, all this and more would appear to paint a picture of a society in terminal decline.   Continue reading →

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Concerns that Guyana prioritising wealth over public health

11/30/2012 – 7:04 am

Concerns that Guyana prioritising wealth over public health

Mission to UN mounted by Guyanese authorities seeking to shield gold miners from mercury ban is earning widespread concern from NGOs.

(Caribbean 360)  GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday November 29, 2012 

The gold mining industry has become a boon for Guyana and this year, recorded sales of gold will bring in more than US$600 million to the economy, about six times more than sugar.

Since world gold prices began to surge as investors search for a hedge amidst ongoing global economic uncertainty, gold has become Guyana’s leading export industry, easily surpassing sugar, bauxite and rice as the main economic pillar.

According to the Inter Press Service (IPS), in a bid not to lose out on this lucrative industry, Guyanese authorities are opposing a proposal at the United Nations (UN) level to impose a legally binding ban on the use of mercury in the global gold mining industry.   Continue reading →

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