Manickchand hopes good sense prevails in ongoing dispute between GTU and Education Ministry

By Svetlana Marshall Breaking her silence on the ongoing dispute between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over a pay package period for teachers, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today questioned whether it would be “reasonable” to offer salary increases to teachers for the time spent at home during the COVID-19 […]

Police Sergeant shot dead in suspected “friendly fire”

Police investigators have rushed in to the interior location of Karrau in Region 7 to probe the shooting death of Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn. Vaughn was part of a Police search party on the hunt for prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong. While reports of the shooting death of the Police Sergeant are […]

Police still hunting for suspect in Saxacalli double murder

The Police are on high alert in a number of Region Seven communities where they suspect prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong, may be hiding out. Wong was last spotted in the Saxacalli area, where he attacked and chopped a 75-year-old woman and her 49-year-old son to death at their home. The double […]

Government to continue its support of migrants from Venezuela

There continues to be an influx of migrants from Venezuela into Guyana, and the Government is examining additional ways to accommodate them and to address the growing number of migrants here. On Monday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd convened the first meeting for the year of the Multi-agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx […]

Education Ministry says 2024 Budget has no fiscal space to accommodate 2019-2023 retro payments for teachers

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 […]

Security guard shot dead during supermarket robbery

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 […]