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Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, has dismissed an application which was filed by PNC/R Member Carol Joseph last year, challenging the extension of the acting Police Commissioner’s time if office, after he has reached the age of retirement. Ms. Joseph, through Attorney Dexter Smartt, had argued that only the tenure of a substantive Commissioner of […]
By Svetlana Marshall President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge today said moves by Guyana to strengthen its bilateral relationship with countries such as the United States in the area of defense and security augurs well not only for the country, but also for the entire western hemisphere, as it takes up its place as a […]
By Svetlana Marshall The President and the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), lashed out at the Ministry of Education today over its threats to cut the salaries of teachers who are on the picket line, and to discontinue the deduction of union dues from the salaries of the teachers. The nationwide strike […]
A 67-year-old excavator operator lost his life at a mining pit in the village of Dora along the Soesdyke-Linden highway when he got pinned by the bucket and track of an excavator. The dead man has been identified as Lennox McPherson of Wismar, Linden. He worked with the Guiana Shield Resources company, which is involved […]
As teachers across the country entered day two of their strike action which has been initiated by the Guyana Teachers’ Union, the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Education has decided to discontinue the deduction of the $700 per month fee from the salaries of teachers for the union. Over the years, while acting […]
By Svetlana Marshall Maintaining that the nationwide industrial action initiated by the Guyana Teachers’ Union is ‘illegal’, the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Labour Minister, Joseph Hamilton, are warning teachers that there will be consequences for their strike action. “The Government is the Government of law and order. The Government will do what is […]
Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr Paloma Mohamed believes greater support is needed to advance the work of the country’s premier tertiary educational institution. “We need more, and we deserve more,” the Vice Chancellor said during an appearance on the 94.1 FM Jumpstart Morning Show. But though a public debate has erupted in […]
The Government has amended the Natural Resource Fund Act to allow for increased withdrawals from the nation’s Natural Resource Fund. According to Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, the aim is to accelerate the delivery of public goods and services to Guyanese, while optimizing the financing mix in keeping with sound fiscal management. The Opposition staged […]
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has reported that thousands of teachers from across the country downed their teaching tools from this morning, as the union initiated a nationwide strike over the Government’s failure to engage in collective bargaining. Outside of the Ministry of Education’s Head Office in Brickdam, Georgetown, several teachers gathered with parents and other […]
Teachers from across the country are set to begin strike action today against the Government’s failure to meet and negotiate on their multi-year agreement that was submitted more than three years ago. The Ministry of Education spent the weekend trying to convince teachers not to strike, with a flurry of social media posts and ads […]
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