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President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte is confident that the GTU will be able to secure a “substantial package” for teachers when it meets with the Ministry of Education on its proposed multi-year agreement. The talks are expected to begin within 48 hours of the resumption of work by teachers, who are […]
Five days after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest, former national cycling champion, Tyrone Hamilton, turned himself in to the CANU investigators this morning in the company of his lawyer, Nigel Hughes. Last Wednesday, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit issued wanted bulletins for Hamilton and another man, Gavin McKie, as […]
Major drama erupted at the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union head office this morning as the outgoing Management Committee refused to make way for the new Management Committee which was elected at last Saturday’s Special General Meeting. A team headed by former Chairman of the Credit Union, Trevor Benn, won Saturday’s elections, but the […]
Former Chairman of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union, Trevor Benn, who was ousted by his own Management Committee almost two years ago, is set to return to his position with a new Management Committee, after his slate swept the Credit Union elections on Saturday. Benn, who has been credited by members for turning […]
The Court ordered mediation between the Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union is set to continue this morning, with the two sides possibly looking at the things that should be put in place for a resumption of work by striking teachers. This week marks the fifth week since teachers across the country have been on […]
A New and United Guyana, which is one of the three Joinder list parties that won a seat in the National Assembly at the last elections, is accusing the leader of one of the other parties of refusing to give up her parliamentary seat to allow the ANUG representative into the National Assembly. Under their […]
President Irfaan Ali has restated his position that he is prepared to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart, President Nicolas Maduro, to strengthen relations between Guyana and Venezuela, while the International Court of Justice is dealing with the ongoing border controversy matter. Addressing the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in […]
Both the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers’ Union have expressed optimism of a workable outcome following their first day of Court-ordered mediation, which is aimed at seeking an end to the ongoing strike action by teachers, while addressing their concerns. At the start of the talks today, the Guyana Teachers’ Union submitted its […]
The Guyana Office for Investment has jumped into the fray over the construction of the Georgetown Seafront Resort and Convention Centre, which is to be built along Carifesta Avenue on land that is being claimed by both the Guyana Government and the Georgetown City Council. Two weeks ago, the Government of Guyana signed a Memorandum […]
Maintaining that the Opposition supports investment in the country, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said the People’s National Congress, will not support questionable investments such as the US$300M Qatari Hotel deal. Two weeks ago, the Government and a Qatari investment group two ago broke ground for the multi-million US dollars investment. However, there is […]
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