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Hours after talks between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union broke down today after the two sides could not agree on the period of salary increases to be examined, the Education Ministry is sticking to its position that negotiations on salary matters would have to be from this year and onwards. The […]
A special meeting of CARICOM and its international partners along with Haitian stakeholders on the situation in Haiti, ended early this morning in Jamaica with the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister, Dr. Ariel Henry. Henry’s resignation paves the way for the setting up of a transitional Presidential Council that will oversee the affairs of the […]
A security guard was shot dead on Monday afternoon as he tried to fight off three armed bandits during a robbery at a Chinese supermarket in Vreed-en-hoop on the West Coast of Demerara. The security guard’s name has been given as Paul Waterman. He was attached to the Sheriff Security Company. According to a Police […]
The Government of Guyana in partnership with the Canada-CARICOM Expert Deployment Mechanism (CCEDM) today launched a Restorative Justice Practitioners Training Programme in Georgetown, as part of the country’s quest to modernize the justice system, and reduce the number of persons before the Courts. At the opening ceremony this morning, Attorney General, Anil Nandlall explained that […]
With the Leader of The New Movement party, Dr. Asha Kissoon, still not budging from her parliamentary seat to make way for the representative from A New and United Guyana, a new controversy has erupted over who really holds the Representative of the List position for The New Movement. Last week, former TNM member, Gerald […]
A 26-year-old biker, who sped past a line of vehicles and slammed into a crossing trailer, lost his life on Sunday night at Houston on the East Bank of Demerara. The accident occurred at around 9:35pm. Police investigators have identified the dead biker as Domall Trim of Bel Air Village, Georgetown. According to the statement […]
President Irfaan Ali has issued a warning to those contractors who have been given multi-million dollar pump station contracts and continue to face delays int he completion of their work. The President wants them to know that they will face penalties. The Opposition has been flagging a number of Government pump station projects that are […]
Vice President, and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Bharrat Jagdeo, in a rallying call, is urging his supporters and the rest of the country not to be misled by the political rhetoric of the Opposition. Addressing his party supporters at a memorial rally for late President Cheddi Jagan, Mr. Jagdeo was in […]
Republic Bank Guyana has expanded its services to the Williamsburg, Berbice community with the opening of a new branch on Saturday. The new facility replaces the Rose Hall branch, and represents an investment of $1.2 Billion. According to the Chairman of Republic Bank, Nigel Baptiste, the bank will continue to make investments in Guyana as […]
Police investigators have traveled to Saxacalli Mission in the Essequibo river to probe the brutal murder of 75-year-old Elizabeth Gomes and her 49-year-old son, David Gomes. The double murder took place late on Friday afternoon. Investigators are on the hunt for the suspect, who has has been identified as Mazaruni prison escapee, Akeem Wong. Wong, […]
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