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Led by its President, Mark Lyte and General Secretary Coretta Mc Donald, the Guyana Teachers Union today picketed outside the Ministry of Finance calling for outstanding salary increase issues for teachers to be addressed as a matter of urgency. The Union wants the multi-year proposal submitted to the government to be given urgent attention. On […]
A 13-year-old girl, who sustained multiple burn injuries during the Mahdia dormitory fire, passed away today, pushing the death toll from the tragedy to 20. The latest victim has been identified as Sheriza Daniels, who lived in Micobie in Region Eight. The Georgetown Hospital confirmed that the child passed away this morning in the Intensive […]
An attempt by the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to join a High Court case filed by the APNU over breaches in the preparation for local elections has failed, with Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George denying their applications to join the matter. “Neither of the parties, who seek to intervene, that […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that it has received advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions to file trafficking-in-persons charges against local pilot and businessman, Orlando Charles of Georgetown. In a Monday night statement, the Police said the 45-year-old pilot has been investigated for 16 counts of trafficking in persons, related to the alleged […]
Executive Member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Kian Jabour is calling on the Ministers of Amerindian Affairs, Education, Home Affairs, Health and Local Government to step down from office pending the completion of an independent Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the deadly Mahdia Dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 19 children, while […]
A number of political parties as well as independent groups and candidates that will be contesting the June 12 Local Government elections have signed the Ethnic Relations Commission’s Code of Conduct. The objective of the Code of Conduct is to ensure that there is peace before, during and after the elections. During the signing which […]
President Irfaan Ali is in Brazil for the South American Leaders Summit, which is being hosted by the Government of Brazil. The President arrived in Brazil this afternoon. He is expected to host bilateral discussions with a number of South American leaders including the host President, Lula DaSilva. The Venezuelan President is also attending the […]
A New Amsterdam, Berbice mother of three was charged and remanded to prison today for murder, over the poisoning death of her reputed husband. 42-year-old Leila Bacchus was not required to enter a plea on the murder charge when she appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court. The Court was told that between the 16th […]
A 15-year-old girl, who is accused of setting the Mahdia School dormitory on fire, killing 19 children was today charged with murder, and remanded to the Juvenile Holding Centre. The teenage girl appeared virtually at the Mahdia Magistrates’ Court this morning. She is being represented by Attorneys Dexter Todd, Dexter Smartt, Jevon Cox and Tanya […]
The teenage school girl who reportedly started the fire in the Mahdia School dormitory that went out of control and killed 19 children will face murder charges. The Director of Public Prosecutions has recommended that she faces the 19 murder charges for the deaths of the 18 girls and a young boy in the fire. […]
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