Health – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

Household cash grant, NIS money, increased salaries, parental tax relief

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced an almost US$50 million (GY$10 billion) cash-injection into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) so that contributors who have not met the required number of contributions could still receive payments. Addressing a National Assembly sitting for several hours, Dr Ali also announced a one-off US$960 cash grant (GY$200,000) to each ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced an almost US$50 million (GY$10 billion) cash-injection into the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) so that contributors who have not met the required number of contributions could still receive payments. Addressing a National Assembly sitting for several hours, Dr Ali also announced a one-off US$960 cash grant (GY$200,000) to each ...

8 months 4 days ago

Education, Health, News, Politics, Cost of Living, fee university tuition, household cash grants, National Assembly sitting, National Insurance Scheme (NIS) funds, President Irfaan Ali, salary increases

Health | NOW Grenada

PM calls off Rwanda trip due to Marburg virus disease outbreak

The Prime Minister did not arrive at the Biashara Afrika Forum because of unforeseen circumstances presented by the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak

8 months 5 days ago

Health, Politics, biashara afrika forum, dennis cornwall, dickon mitchell, Ebola, linda straker, marburg virus, neila ettienne, paul kegame, who, world health organisation

Health | NOW Grenada

Procurement and pension legislations for approval in 2024/2025 parliamentary year

Some of the key initiatives will include new procurement legislation; energy efficiency legislation; deposit insurance legislation and pension reform legislation

8 months 1 week ago

Agriculture/Fisheries, Business, Crime, Environment, Health, Politics, cecile la grenade, dennis cornwall, grenada 2035 national plan, hurricane beryl, Legislation, linda straker, parliament

Health | NOW Grenada

Throne Speech 2024: Unifying our Focus Toward Vision 75

“The challenges before us are many, but so are the opportunities to build a future that is more just, prosperous, and inclusive”

View the full post Throne Speech 2024: Unifying our Focus Toward Vision 75 on NOW Grenada.

“The challenges before us are many, but so are the opportunities to build a future that is more just, prosperous, and inclusive”

View the full post Throne Speech 2024: Unifying our Focus Toward Vision 75 on NOW Grenada.

8 months 1 week ago

Arts/Culture/Entertainment, Business, Education, Environment, Health, Politics, PRESS RELEASE, Technology, cecile la grenade, gis, golden jubilee, governor-general, hurricane beryl, parliament, throne speech, vision 75

Health | NOW Grenada

Delma Thomas appointed to serve as minister for 2 ministries

Delma Thomas has been appointed to serve as the Minister for Youth and Sports and as Minister for Mental Health, two separate ministerial portfolios with the same Permanent Secretary

8 months 4 weeks ago

Health, Politics, Sports, Youth, cecile la grenade, david andrew, delma thomas, government gazette, kim frederick, linda straker, public seal, seville francis, tillman thomas

STAT

STAT+: Meet the billionaire media mogul who’s taking on the food industry

WASHINGTON — The idea for Todd Wagner’s new advocacy organization FoodFight USA, he says, came to him after visiting George Clooney in Lake Como. He’s recruited Morgan Freeman, who is “obviously” a friend. He personally lobbied Arnold Schwarzenegger and current California Gov.

Gavin Newsom to support food makers’ nightmare scenario — a first-in-the-nation law banning certain food additives in the state, which was signed into law last year.

Wagner is best known for his co-ownership of Magnolia Pictures alongside his longtime business partner Mark Cuban. But now, he told STAT in an extended interview, he’s dedicating himself to fighting food makers and their industrial creations, ultra-processed foods.

“I want people angry,” said Wagner, who is worth an estimated $1.9 billion. “This is an indictment of the food companies that have tainted our food supply, and now we wake up 50, 60 years later with a nation that is unhealthy.”

Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

10 months 3 days ago

Politics, FDA, Nutrition, STAT+, States

Health – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

Guyana takes steps for US to lift catfish ban

Guyana continues to take numerous steps to convince the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the now six-year-old ban on catfish exports should be lifted, officials said Wednesday. Chief Fisheries Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Denzil Roberts said Guyana’s relevant fisheries regulations and inspection manuals have been updated. US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole ...

Guyana continues to take numerous steps to convince the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the now six-year-old ban on catfish exports should be lifted, officials said Wednesday. Chief Fisheries Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Denzil Roberts said Guyana’s relevant fisheries regulations and inspection manuals have been updated. US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole ...

10 months 1 week ago

Agriculture, Business, Food, Health, News, Politics, Ministry of Agriculture (Guyana), United States catfish ban, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Health – Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana

Preventing new infections, treatment, human rights protection keys to ending Caribbean AIDS epidemic – UNAIDS report

Kingston, 22 July 2024—A new report released today by UNAIDS shows the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world leaders meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The report, ‘The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads’, brings together new data and case studies which demonstrate that the decisions and policy choices taken by world leaders this yea

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10 months 3 weeks ago

Health, Law, legal, News, Politics, HIV/AIDS, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, UNAIDS report

STAT

uniQure shares soar on Huntington’s data

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11 months 1 week ago

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STAT

The biotech news you missed this week

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Hello! Hope your weekend was a blissful one. Today, we talk about AbbVie’s outsize marketing spend, see how GLP-1s are impacting cancer rates, and more.

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11 months 1 week ago

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