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by Svetlana Marshall The hearing in the case brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the alleged failure to engage in Collective Bargaining on financial matters, commenced today with the GTU’s Vice President, Julian Cambridge, maintaining that financial matters as proposed by the Union were not discussed in the statutory meetings […]
Guyana appeared today for the third consecutive day before the UN Human Rights Committee and one of the issues raised was the Government’s perceived control over state media and influence over some privately owned media. American Human Rights Advocate, Laurence Helfer who sat on the Committee, said the Committee was concerned about reports of the […]
President Irfaan Ali has rushed to the defence of his Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, in wake of questions from the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the absence of an investigation into corruption allegations that were leveled against the Vice President. The President is accusing “Opposition operatives” of furnishing the UN Human Rights body of […]
The Joint Ministerial Committee of Suriname and Guyana met on Tuesday in Paramaribo to further work out the financing modalities for the construction of the Corentyne River bridge. The meeting was held as part of the ongoing process to pursue the Bridge across the Corentyne River, which will easily connect Suriname and Guyana. The process […]
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon, today gave the Government 24hrs to produce records of the discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union on the issue of collective bargaining. The Judge made the order today after listening to arguments from the GTU’s Attorney Darren Wade and from the Attorney General Anil Nandlall on the GTU’s most recent […]
Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira, today said that Government has taken steps and is making efforts to weed out corrupt Police officers, and those officers who violate the rights of citizens, from the Guyana Police Force. During Guyana’s appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee this morning for its periodic report for a second […]
Appearing before the UN Human Rights Committee again today, Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira responded to questions surrounding allegations of corruption in the signing of the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement between the Exxon Mobil company and the Government that was in place at that time. She was asked by one of the UN Human Rights […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has once again called on the Government to provide a live-able wage for public servants, and to put systems and programmes in place to ensure that all Guyanese benefit from a better life. Speaking at a rally in Linden over the weekend, Mr. Norton said thousands of Guyanese simply cannot afford […]
Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira told the United Nations Human Rights Committee this morning that the citizens of Guyana will decide on the way forward regarding the death penalty, even as she said there are no plans by the Government to boost the capacity to execute anyone under the current laws. Guyana appeared before the […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, today confirmed that the investigations are ongoing by the Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility into a recent incident where members of the Special Branch Unit opened fire on a car that was being driven by a Police Sergeant. Speaking to reporters this morning on the sidelines of an […]
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