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Unions representing the interest of workers at the University of Guyana have threatened to resume strike action which had crippled teaching activities at the Tain and Turkeyen campuses for almost two months. In a press statement on Monday, the unions complained that the negotiations in which increased salaries and better working conditions are being sought, […]
The only daughter of late Guyanese President Dr. Cheddi Jagan has expressed her extreme disappointment that former President Bharrat Jagdeo “would try to compare his lifestyle to that of my parents, former Presidents Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Mrs. Janet Jagan, and defend his opulent lifestyle by pathetically claiming that my parents also lived in a […]
Taking the stage to Bob Marley’s iconic “One Love” reggae hit, Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU+AFC coalition, Moses Nagamootoo told the coalition’s Unity Rally at Linden that a government of national unity is the way to move Guyana forward. Mr. Nagamootoo who was a 50-year member of the governing People’s Progressive Party before leaving […]
Kurt Campbell reports… The APNU+AFC coalition kicked off its campaign unity rallies on Saturday night in the mining town of Linden with a warning to all the people of Guyana to be watchful for “the rulers of darkness” who have resurfaced at this sensitive time to challenge the coalition’s message of change and unity. Presidential Candidate […]
The United States government has been informed of Venezuela’s continuing objections to the exploration activities of US oil company Exxon Mobil in the Guyana waters. Charge d’ Affaires at the US Embassy in Georgetown, Bryan Hunt on Thursday confirmed that the US government through the embassy has been informed of the objections of Venezuela. He […]
Opposition Leader David Granger on Friday challenged the legality of the recent confirmation of Seelall Persaud as the substantive Commissioner of Police by President Donald Ramotar. According to Granger, he was not consulted in keeping with provisions laid out in Article 2: 12 of the Guyana Constitution. He inferred that Tuesday’s swearing in ceremony was […]
Following the People’s Progressive Party’s declaration to their Babu John supporters that they should not support the APNU-AFC coalition because the Presidential Candidate David Granger “is danger”, Mr. Granger has responded and wants the people of the Babu John and the rest of the Corentyne to know that “Granger is not a danger, Granger is […]
A post-mortem examination was carried out on the body of opposition political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing on Friday. The 40-year-old man was executed while campaigning in the Diamond community on Tuesday evening. According to the family’s attorney Nigel Hughes, the post-mortem examination found that Crom-Ewing was shot five times. Three of those shots were to the […]
President Donald Ramotar on Thursday rolled out a 15 point plan for 2015 which he has dubbed the “15/2015 plan” and says he expects the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to work on its implementation as it seeks to restore high levels of public trust and increase its aggressiveness in fighting criminal elements and curbing criminality. […]
Kurt Campbell reports… With the possibility of a change of government at the upcoming May 11 polls and in spite of continued objections from the political opposition, Chairman of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington declared on Thursday that the Marriott Hotel is “here to stay.” Brassington who also heads Atlantic […]
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