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By Svetlana Marshall As the fourth week of the nationwide strike action by teachers winds down, Justice Sandil Kissoon this afternoon ordered mediation in the standoff between the Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union. In Court, the Judge announced the appointment of Senior Counsel Edward Luckhoo and Senior Counsel Robin Stoby to mediate in talks […]
Even as striking teachers have moved to the Court over the Government’s efforts to slash their salaries and the case is ongoing with conservatory orders in place, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is holding firm to the position that salaries will have to be cut. At a press conference today, Mr. Jagdeo said the Government intends […]
By Svetlana Marshall Brazil has invited Guyana to participate in the G20 talks on climate change, as the two South American neighbours have renewed their commitment to foster trade and investment in the areas of commerce, infrastructure development, air and water transportation, energy and food security among other critical areas. President Irfaan Ali and the […]
Guyana has become the first country in history to receive the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA ) eligible credits for airlines. The move will allow airlines to buy carbon credits voluntarily. Under the 2016 CORSIA deal approved by the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) assembly, carriers from more than 100 […]
Citizens of CARICOM countries will be able to travel throughout the region for an extended period beyond the current six-month stay restriction, according to Barbadian Prime Minister, Mia Mottley. The move is to push CARICOM’s Single Market and Economy, which was put on pause for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the closing […]
Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has made a call for stronger relations between CARICOM and Brazil, noting that Brazil and the region are confronting similar challenges, and can learn from each other’s experiences. He has also pledged his country’s support to vulnerable CARICOM countries, promising to assist the region with food at a […]
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon, has proposed the initiation of a Court appointed mediation process that would allow for the Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to meet and discuss the ongoing dispute that has resulted in a nationwide strike by teachers over their salaries. The intention is to resolve the matter, and ultimately […]
Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain, was summoned to Court today, hours after he issued a memo to Education Officers instructing them to continue recording the names of striking teachers for eventual salary deductions. The memo was seen as contemptuous of the Conservatory Orders handed down by Justice Sandil Kissoon, which blocked the Government from moving […]
The Global Union Federation of Teachers, Education International, has described the Guyana Government’s posture on the ongoing strike by teachers as “deeply concerning”, and has threatened to report the Government’s inaction to the United Nations Labour Organization. In a statement, the international organisation also expressed its disappointment regarding the lack of acknowledgment or response to […]
Less than a month after a Georgetown Magistrate found former Government Minister David Patterson not guilty of indecent exposure for allegedly urinating against a fence in the public, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack has appealed the decision of the Magistrates’ Court. The DPP wants the decision of Magistrate Dylon Bess to be set […]
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