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In January of this year, the Government made a decision that the Ministry of Education would only engage in negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on a fresh multi-year agreement, starting 2024, according to the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain. He made that revelation today while he was being cross-examined for a third […]
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir, has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd, calling for the urgent convening of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations in wake of Venezuela’s purported creation of anew state in Guyana’s Essequibo. In a statement this afternoon, Walton-Desir described the latest development […]
The Guyana Government today expressed its great concern over the adoption of a law by the Venezuelan National Assembly declaring the Essequibo region of Guyana, which constitutes more than two thirds of the country’s national territory, to part of Venezuela. The move by Venezuela comes three months after Venezuelan voted in a referendum to officially […]
A 56-year-old labourer was shot dead, execution-style on Thursday night in Sophia by a lone gunman who escaped on a bicycle. The dead labourer has been identified as Courtney Younge of Section D, Sophia. A Police statement explained that according to Younge’s friend, Vincent Cozier, the two were sitting in a yard at the construction […]
In a closely guarded visit to Guyana that lasted a few hours on Thursday, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns met with President Irfaan Ali and top Guyana Security Officials. The visit to Guyana was secretive, as there were no announcements of the visit before the CIA Director arrived, and […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has announced that the Opposition has informed the United Nations (UN) about the “misinformation and untruths” that were told to the UN Human Rights Committee by the Guyana Government, as the country underwent its periodic review on human rights this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Norton […]
A 20-year-old security guard attached to the Cerberus Security company is in custody following the shooting death of a 19-year-old handyman attached to a Lusignan Auto Sales company on Thursday. The dead handyman has been identified as Jared Jaganand. According to a Police statement, the security guard was on duty at the auto dealership, while […]
Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain admitted under oath today that he has no records of “negotiations” taking place between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) as he took the witness box for a second day in the case brought against the Government, over its alleged failure to engage the Union […]
An irritated Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon declared that the Guyana Government wants to see the names of the persons or organizations that made submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the name of transparency. The Government has been firing off at the UN Human Rights Committee after its members raised concern […]
A father and son from Linden, were arrested on Wednesday afternoon in the Providence community on the East Bank of Demerara after they were nabbed with just over 24 pounds of cocaine. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit today announced the arrest of 55-year- Adrian Carew and his 27-year-old son, Cavel Carew. CANU said it was […]
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