By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2015
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Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) Professor Jacob Opadeyi is now begging for normalcy to be returned to the institution which has been plagued with weeks of industrial action as staffers demand salary increases and a better teaching and learning environment. The VC who had rejected the pleas for an increase maintains even […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2015
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Staff members of the University of Guyana intend to continue with their strike action as the University’s administration continues to make clear its inability to meet their demand for a 60% increase in wages and salaries. On Monday, the staff members held a protest March from the University’s Turkeyen campus to the city to step […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2015
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Police investigators have been dispatched to the village of Baramita in the North West District region after the body of a man was found on the side of the roadway with multiple stab wounds. The dead man has been identified as Mark Joseph. He is believed to be a resident of the same Baramita village. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2015
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The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee does not believe that the newly announced coalition between the opposition parties will serve as a big threat to his party. The Opposition parties A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change on Saturday announced an agreement that will see them heading into the […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2015
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Kurt Campbell reports Opposition and APNU Leader David Granger has declared that the days for winner takes all politics in Guyana are over as he announced on Saturday the formation of a pre – elections coalition between the two main opposition parties following weeks of intense high level negotiation. The alliance which was formed between […]
By News Source Guyana on February 14, 2015
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The two opposition parties which currently hold the majority in Guyana’s National Assembly have decided to join forces as one united front to take on the governing People’s Progressive Party at the upcoming May 11, 2015 elections. The two parties announced their match at a Valentine’s Day press conference at the Georgetown Club. The leaders […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2015
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Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday delivered a written ruling which states that the government acted illegally when it spent money that was disapproved in the National Assembly during the consideration of the 2014 national budget. He was ruling on an application made by Opposition Leader David Granger, asking him to grant a Conservatory Order […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2015
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Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger is speaking out against the recent promotion of two police officers who tortured a 15 – year – old boy. Granger said the APNU cannot accept the position and the reasons behind the move as provided by the Police Commissioner and the Police Services Commission. […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2015
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The governing People’s Progressive Party is restating its full support for President Donald Ramotar as the party’s Presidential Candidate for the upcoming elections. The party released a statement late on Thursday announcing that its central committee met and unanimously endorsed Mr. Ramotar as the presidential candidate. But that meeting came more than two weeks after […]
By News Source Guyana on February 13, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force has placed one its own under close arrest following a complaint by a 14-year-old girl that she was raped by the police officer who is believed to be in his 20’s. Police sources have confirmed that a rank of the Tactical Services Unit of the Guyana Police Force has been placed […]