By News Source Guyana on February 15, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The oil spill along the south-western coast of Tobago, which has caused extensive pollution, has been linked to two vessels that were on their way to Guyana from Panama, according to Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of National Security. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of National Security said the vessels – […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall Backed by a number of its past presidents, the current Executive of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today defended the Chamber’s decision to lobby the US-Exim Bank to approve a US$660M loan to the Government of Guyana to finance part of the US$1.7 Billion Gas-to-Energy Project. Last Thursday, Vice […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Rudy Small, has issued a public apology to the nurses of Linden for defamatory comments that he made against them back in 2021, when he claimed that they would sign in for duty then leave the hospital to be with their “sweet man”. Two weeks […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
Crime, News
Police investigators have launched a probe into the attempted execution of 36-year-old Tucville, Georgetown resident, Winston Hazel. The man was shot multiple times to his body on Tuesday night just as he drove up to the entrance to his yard. According to a Police report, the incident took place just after 7pm. Hazel was driving […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has revealed that a small number of teachers have returned to their classrooms in light of the Government’s decision to cut their salaries. However, the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, today said the majority of teachers remain resolute, and are not prepared to head back to school […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has declared that the government is not fazed by the moves by the Guyana Teachers’ Union to challenge the Government’s decision to cut the salaries of striking teachers, as it maintains that the strike is illegal. The Ministries of Education and Local Government announced on Monday that they will be deducting […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
Education, News
The Ministry of Education’s Allied Arts Unit has confirmed that it disqualified a young singer in the Children’s Mashramani Calypso competition, declaring that the calypso piece did not follow the rules of the competition. The song about the cost of living and the recent 6.5% salary increase for public servants has become a hit on […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2024
News, Politics
More than 50 drivers and salesmen from local conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, parked their trucks in protest today, over the company’s commission package for sales. The workers have accused the company of repeatedly failing to offer them a “reasonable” commission on their monthly sales. As they stood outside of the new Banks DIH’s multi-million dollar […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has initiated Court action, seeking to block the Government from its plan to cut the salaries of striking teachers, and to get the Government to continue deducting union dues from the salaries of teachers for the union. In an application to the Court this afternoon, the GTU through Attorney Darren Wade, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2024
Education, News, Politics
The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte today said the Union is preparing for an “indefinite” strike action, with the backing of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and other affiliates, even as it mulls Court action in wake of the Government’s refusal to negotiate salary […]