By News Source Guyana on September 7, 2018
News, Politics
-by Dennis Glasgow- The Council for Legal Education (CLE) opened its Annual General Meeting at the Guyana Marriott Hotel this morning with a charge from President David Granger for the Council to improve its work to reach all corners of the Caribbean. In delivering the feature address at the opening of the CLE Meeting, the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 7, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has reported that five men, who were nabbed in a car with fake license plates and illegals guns, will face the Courts on multiple charges. The five were intercepted at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara yesterday in a Toyota Fielder motorcar. Acting on a tip off, a Police team, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2018
News, Politics
The Guyana Teachers Union this afternoon announced that the nationwide strike by teachers has been called off following an agreement with the Education Ministry for the teachers’ salary issue to be sent to arbitration. The two sides met for over two hours at the Department of Labour this afternoon for the final conciliation session and […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2018
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, today expressed full support for striking teachers in their quest for improved salaries. At his weekly press conference, Jagdeo, who served as President for 12 of his party’s 23 years in Government, said teachers were treated far better under the PPP than they are being treated now. Under the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2018
Crime, News
The Police Constable, who was in the driver’s seat when he slammed into a motorcyclist was today charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, as the investigations continue into the matter and other possible charges related to the death of the motorcyclist. 23-year-old Police Constable, Ryan Persaud appeared in Court today to face the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 6, 2018
News, Politics
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) has expressed concern over the delay in local content legislation being put forward, even as many regional and international companies are eyeing the oil industry in Guyana. The Chamber has now drafted its own legislation for local content and has since dispatched that to the government. The […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2018
News, Politics
-by Dennis Glasgow- While chanting remixes to nursery school rhymes and Sunday school songs during their protest today, many of the striking teachers expressed reservations about being at the forefront of the ongoing strike. Some of them expressed worry that if they continue with the industrial action for a long period, they could lose a […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2018
News, Politics
As striking teachers shouted in protest just outside her Brickdam Office, Education Minister Nicolette Henry revealed to News Source that another conciliation meeting will take place tomorrow. The Ministry is hoping that the process could now move forward to arbitration. Today marked the third day in the new school year and a large number of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 5, 2018
News, Politics
After taking a one-day break from the picket line, scores of teachers from various schools around Georgetown gathered this morning outside the Brickdam Office of the Minister of Education to restart their picketing and protest. Showers from above were seen more as blessings than a hindrance to the protesting teachers, as many of them came […]
By News Source Guyana on September 4, 2018
News, Politics
-by Dennis Glasgow- As the nationwide strike by teachers continued today, some schools in Georgetown were badly affected as a majority of teachers stayed away. But at many of the top high schools, there was a large turnout of teachers. In many cases, teachers were in the classrooms conducting classes. At the country’s leading high […]