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Well-known city salon owner, Jessica McKie is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, while her husband and a former national cyclist are being sought in connection with the ongoing investigations into the 156-pound cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. Owner of the popular “Jessica Does My Hair” salon, Jessica McKie was […]
Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain, was summoned to Court today, hours after he issued a memo to Education Officers instructing them to continue recording the names of striking teachers for eventual salary deductions. The memo was seen as contemptuous of the Conservatory Orders handed down by Justice Sandil Kissoon, which blocked the Government from moving […]
The Global Union Federation of Teachers, Education International, has described the Guyana Government’s posture on the ongoing strike by teachers as “deeply concerning”, and has threatened to report the Government’s inaction to the United Nations Labour Organization. In a statement, the international organisation also expressed its disappointment regarding the lack of acknowledgment or response to […]
Less than a month after a Georgetown Magistrate found former Government Minister David Patterson not guilty of indecent exposure for allegedly urinating against a fence in the public, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack has appealed the decision of the Magistrates’ Court. The DPP wants the decision of Magistrate Dylon Bess to be set […]
The General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta McDonald is laying blame at the feet of the Government for the nation’s children losing critical hours of learning, as the Irfaan Ali Administration refuses to address the concerns of thousands of teachers who are on strike. The striking teachers continue to demand that the […]
A small group of Haitian nationals living in Guyana, picketed outside the Marriott Hotel this morning, where CARICOM leaders have been meeting. They are hoping to get the attention of the regional leaders to raise a number of issues related to their homeland and their treatment within CARICOM. CARICOM leaders are currently in Guyana for […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has issued a call on the Government to listen to the concerns of striking teachers and make moves to address those concerns. He said the nation’s children will suffer the most, as a result of the ongoing impasse between the Government and the nation’s teachers. Teachers across the country are in […]
In a majority decision on Monday, the Georgetown City Council, agreed a letter should be sent to President Irfaan Ali in an effort to resolve the current dispute over the ownership, and usage of the land that the President has earmarked for a US$300M Qatari Hotel on Carifesta Avenue. The decision was taken during the […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, who shadows the Foreign Affairs Ministry, is calling out the President Irfaan Ali, over what she sees as his “hypocritical” position on Haiti and its citizens. In a statement, she reminded that it was the Government of President Ali that reinstituted visa restrictions on Haitians, just after taking office […]
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Climate Financing, and Energy Security are among the key issues being deliberated as CARICOM Heads of Government (CHOG) meet here in Georgetown. At the opening of the Business Session at the Guyana Marriott this morning, President Irfaan Ali, who is the current CARICOM […]
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