Harmon blasts Jagdeo’s attempt to set conditions for consultations

Opposition Leader Joe Harmon today said the Opposition is ready and willing to consult with the Government on national issues and issues of importance. He said the Vice President cannot decide what the Opposition must first do before such consultations take place. During an interview last week, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed an unwillingness of […]

Georgetown Healthcare workers threaten more protests and strike over working conditions and risk allowance

Over 150 healthcare workers attached to the Georgetown Hospital including nurses and medical technologists protested this morning to voice their dissatisfaction with their salaries and benefits and the working conditions they have to endure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurses and other health care workers marched along the streets outside the Georgetown Hospital loudly voicing […]

Health Minister assures risk allowance will be paid to nurses

As nurses in Region Three joined nurses in Region in protests in the two regions today over late salaries and the absence of a risk allowance, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony is pleading with the nurses to give his Ministry a little more time. Dr. Anthony explained today that $150 Million has already been set […]

QC threatens to move to Court over questionable CXC results

Guyana’s top secondary school, Queens College is threatening legal action against the Caribbean Examination Council if the body does not move to correct a number of discrepancies with the results for this year’s CSEC and CAPE examinations. At a press conference this morning, Queens College Principal Jackie Benn said in addition to a petition that […]

GTU to CXC: Fix your business right before we fix it for you

As outrage continues to grow among students, teachers and parents over the examination grades from the Caribbean Examinations Council, the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union, Coretta McDonald is issuing a clear warning to the regional examination body. “Fix your business right or we are going to fix it for you. We cannot allow […]

Guyana contacts CXC about poor grading and discrepancies in results

With more students and teachers voicing their concern over the results from this year’s CXC examinations, the Ministry of Education has registered its dissatisfaction with the apparent poor grading of students at the 2020 CSEC and CAPE examinations. In a statement, the Education Ministry said it is concerned that there seem to be discrepancies with […]

Calls across the Caribbean for full review of CXC Results; CXC encourages students to make queries

One day after the Caribbean Examinations Council released the results for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, there are mounting calls in a number of CARICOM states for a review of the results to be done. In Guyana, several teachers, parents and students have taken to social media to […]