By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2024
Education, News
Days after the Government offered teachers a salary increase of 9% for 2024 and that offer was rejected by the Guyana Teachers Union, the Government has increased the offer to 10%. News Source has learnt that since the last meeting between the two sides on Thursday, the GTU President has been informed that the Government […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
News, Politics
Prime Minister Mark Phillips has informed the National Assembly through its Committee of Supply that the Government took an advance of $4 Billion from the contingency fund to purchase fuel for the Guyana Power and Light Company, in an effort to keep the lights on. The Committee of Supply was at the time considering […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has renewed calls for the Government to remove the Town Clerk of Linden, Lennox Gasper, contending that Mr. Gasper is not only unfit for the position, but has been working against the interest of the people of Linden since his appointment last November. During his weekly press conference today, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
Crime, News
As investigations continue into the brutal murder of Attorney Richard Layne, the Attorney’s friend and roommate, Police Sergeant Tony Sulker, has emerged as the main suspect in the case. Sulker is a patient of a city hospital under Police guard, after he allegedly ingested a poisonous substance today. Sulker lived at the home of the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
News, Politics
The authorities in Guyana and neighbouring Brazil have launched a joint investigation into the alleged smuggling and trafficking of four underage girls from Brazil to Guyana. In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that preliminary information indicated that the girls, who are all between the ages of 14 and 17, were illegally transported […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
News, Politics
Tensions flared in the National Assembly this afternoon as the House considered an additional $4 Billion for the cash-trapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO). Six months ago, GUYSUCO was allocated $6 Billion in the 2024 budget. The Government moved to the Assembly today for the additional $4 Billion in supplementary funding. Opposition Members of Parliament, Khemraj […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
Elections, News
Former Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers has been awarded $2 Million by the High Court in compensatory damages for wrongful arrest and detention. She filed the matter more than three years ago. Myers was arrested on October 6, 2020, after she turned herself in at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters in the company […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
Business, News, Politics
With more than 140 exhibitors on show, this year’s International Building Expo, which opened last evening at the National Stadium, is being seen as the perfect platform to showcase the country’s housing sector and its offerings and opportunities, according to Minister within the Ministry of Housing, Susan Rodrigues. She told the opening ceremony that the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2024
News, Politics
The International Building Expo opened at the National Stadium at Providence on Thursday with Government officials highlighting major expansions and development in the housing and construction sectors. President Irfaan Ali has credited his Government’s intervention in a number of areas related to the housing sector, for the expansion of the sector, saying home ownership has […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The Government, through the Ministry of Education has revised its salary increase offer to teachers to 9% for 2024 and 8% for 2025 and another 8% for 2026. Two weeks ago, the Government was offering the nation’s teachers a 7% increase. The Ministry of Education put forward the revised offer today as […]