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The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that a total of 44 women, who are all foreign nationals, were “rescued” during a trafficking in persons operation at the Red Dragon night club in Georgetown. The women were removed from the club and placed in protective care following an early Monday morning raid. The popular club […]
City Magistrate Leron Daly has referred the question of “fair hearing”, which has been raised at the Elections fraud case, to the High Court. The Magistrate’s decision came in response to the Defense Attorney’s contention that Section 140:2 of the Representation of the Peoples’ Act, which bars the disclosures of minutes of meetings held by […]
Hundreds of persons descended on the Freedom House headquarters of the governing People’s Progressive Party this morning, after reports surfaced of a cash grant distribution. The reports turned out to be part of a hoax done by persons unknown. Many of those who gathered could not say who shared the information with them, but they […]
General Secretary of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Senior Counsel Timothy Jonas today said he believes the decision by the Leader of The New Movement (TNM) to hold onto the Joinder seat in the National Assembly, after her allocated time, might be part of a plan by the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has applied to the High Court to join the case brought against the Government of Guyana by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the Administration’s plan to cut the salaries of teachers for engaging in industrial action, and halt the deduction of union dues. At a […]
Government Member of the Public Account Committee, Works Minister Juan Edghill believes a dangerous precedence was set where Public Officers were obtaining credit from suppliers for various items and services for Government agencies. He has warned that such a practice is in breach of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act since the Government should not […]
The Ministry of Labour’s Chief Co-operative and Development Officer, Janaknauth Panchu, has blocked the new Management Committee of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union from taking office until information regarding last Saturday’s Special General Meeting and Elections is provided. The outgoing Committee of Management, led by Karen Vansluytman-Corbin, has protested last Saturday’s Elections, saying […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack, has discontinued murder charges against former Police Detective Derwin Eastman, six years after he was first charged and remanded to prison. The decision was reportedly based on a lack of evidence to get a conviction. Eastman was charged and remanded to jail in 2017 for the […]
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte is confident that the GTU will be able to secure a “substantial package” for teachers when it meets with the Ministry of Education on its proposed multi-year agreement. The talks are expected to begin within 48 hours of the resumption of work by teachers, who are […]
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has agreed to end its nationwide strike by teachers as the Government has agreed to meet with the union to restart negotiations on salary and other matters. Representatives of the GTU and the Government ended their Court ordered mediation this afternoon after several hours of mediation talks. Just before 6pm, the […]
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