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Moments after the signing of an agreement between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Government, President Irfaan Ali went live on Facebook, to announce that he was pleased with the agreement. In his video statement, the President said teachers should look at the entire package being offered to them, and not just the salary increases. […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Guyana Action Party, Vincent Henry has complained that he was escorted by Police from the National Toshaos’ Conference forum at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Tuesday. Henry, who is an Indigenous Leader and sits on the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee, said that he was asked to […]
With some senior union officials claiming “trickery”, the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union went ahead this morning and signed a three-year agreement with the Government on behalf of the union and the teachers it represents. The President said he had the support of the majority of the General Council of the GTU, who agreed […]
Almost five years after he allegedly hit down a 67-year-old man in Queens, New York, killing him on the spot and fleeing the scene, businessman turned race car driver, Ravindra Dharamjit, was recently arrested in Guyana and handed over to the US authorities. Dharamjit had reportedly been hiding out in Guyana since 2019 and blended […]
Guyanese cultural icon, Dave Martins, was remembered as a true Guyanese and Caribbean man at a moving and solemn funeral service this morning, just before his cremation. Martins passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. A private funeral and cremation service was held this midday, in keeping with the family’s wishes. It was […]
Guyana has recorded a decline in the pass rate for the two main subject areas of Mathematics and English Language at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, even while there were improvements in other subject areas. Giving a breakdown of this year’s CSEC performance, Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain noted that the overall […]
Queens College and the Anna Regina Secondary School have once again produced several of the country’s top performing students at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. One of the top students from Queen’s College wrote 29 subjects, gaining passes in all of them, with 23 Grade ones and Six twos. In delivering the results […]
The Chairman of the National Toshaos Council, Derrick John, has urged his fellow Indigenous leaders to utilize monies given to them by the state in a transparent manner. There have been concerns in the past about how monies which were given to some village leaders from the sale of Carbon Credits were spent. Addressing the […]
As Indigenous Leaders from across the country meet for their National Toshaos’ Conference, the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) is urging the Toshaos and other Indigenous leaders, to raise issues affecting their communities without fear and avoid outside influence. In a statement over the weekend, the APA said that this year’s conference is especially critical for […]
Investigators from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Ministry of Labour have traveled to the Region Eight mining community of St. Elizabeth Backdam, following the latest mining pit collapse, which has claimed the lives of two miners. The investigators traveled into the community over the weekend to begin their probe of the deadly […]
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