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In wake of concerns from the Opposition about a planned move by the Government to integrate Venezuelan migrants into the Guyanese society, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the Government is making the move since the majority of the persons being referred to as Venezuelan migrants are actually Guyanese, who are returning home to Guyana. During […]
Maintaining that the 2024 Budget does not have the fiscal space to facilitate a retroactive payment of salary increases to teachers for the years 2019 to 2023, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said other sectors would make similar demands, should the Government heed to the demands of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). The Guyana Teachers’ […]
Opposition spokesperson on Foreign Relations, Member of Parliament Amanza Walton- Desir, is seeking answers from the Government on the Government’s planned long-term policy of integrating Venezuelan migrants into the Guyanese society. On Monday, Foreign Minister Hugh Todd convened a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of migrants from Venezuela into Guyana. […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall, has expressed concern once again over the slow pace of the election fraud cases in the Court. Speaking on his Issues in the News television programme, Mr. Nandlall has taken a swipe at the Defence Attorneys in the case, accusing them of deliberately raising […]
Over 15,000 Grade Six students from across the country are sitting their second round of mock exams in preparation for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations, which will be administered in May. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand explained that the mock exams are set, managed and run by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), and […]
The University of Guyana (UG) today received the prestigious 2023 Perry Center Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education is given to individuals or institutions in recognition of their significant contributions in the field of security and defense education in […]
The Ministry of Education has launched its new Primary textbook Series “Mathematics Made Easy,” and “Social Studies: Guyanese in the World”. The launching took place at the Round House in Kingston. The textbooks were designed using culturally relevant and modern materials that are aligned with the Education Ministry’s new Primary curriculum for both Mathematics and […]
President Irfaan Ali has warned that Guyana is facing intense cyber-security threats and has charged the University of Guyana, the Guyana Defense Force and its international partner—the William J. Perry Centre, to assist the country in shutting down those threats. Addressing a ceremony at the University of Guyana today, where the University received the 2023 […]
The umbrella trade union body, the Guyana Trades Union Congress, today accused the Ministry of Education and the Government of entering the recent talks with the Guyana Teachers Union in a high-handed and disrespectful way. The Guyana Trades Union Congress said it will continue to stand with the teachers and all those who were affected […]
By Svetlana Marshall Breaking her silence on the ongoing dispute between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over a pay package period for teachers, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today questioned whether it would be “reasonable” to offer salary increases to teachers for the time spent at home during the COVID-19 […]
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